Arcturus

joined 1 year ago
[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

The Chinese built ones that supply Asia and Australasia are almost faultless as well. My one is an earlier model, US-built, and you can definitely tell the quality difference even with the early models that came from China.

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because it's not enough.
She wasn't enough.
She doesn't fit the box perfectly.
And she was too popular to ignore.

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago (12 children)

She was always keeping a moderate tone, always leaning towards supporting China and the Chinese state as well. I thought she'd skip around the censors because of it.

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have two family subscriptions. I find it worth it. It's quite cheap on Stacksocial (even cheaper if you have a discount code).

On top of that, I have one of these routers at home. It comes in-built with Adguard Home. There is a newer, better model coming out soon as well.

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EcoTank is Epson, and Canon also has a similar MegaTank line. Unfortunately Brother has no tank-based printer (that I'm aware of).

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I will also add, the new Brother laser toners, can be a bit iffy with their chip. They're not as easy to refill (or use aftermarket toners) as the used to be, not impossible, but it's not as easy. Nothing wrong with Brother tho, when it works, it works well, and reliably. It's not like HP, where the cheaper printers require a ink subscription service (and in my experience, tend to break more easily).

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you want a simple colour printer and scanner, go for a Canon Megatank or Epson Ecotank. If you're only printing black and white, a Brother laser printer is good, just a touch more expensive than other equivalents. The OEM toner isn't cheap, in theory tho, they can last much longer without needing to print. The ink tank printers have far cheaper ink. Only downside is that it requires printing once a week to ensure that nothing clogs up. That said, these tank printers are smaller and lighter than Brother Colour AIO's.