I also like my brother, but it will attempt to detect and reject non-authentic ink. I don't update mine anymore because the last time I did, it rejected my cartridges.
There was a way to turn off the low toner warnings, I did it, and seem to be ok, but it makes me wonder.
EDIT: wow, it sells for $449 on amazon. I paid $115 in 2017.
Surely DRM here, and allowing closed firmware, and such, are anti-Capitalist? Don't they prevent the market from optimising?
It can have other reasons than the old products being bad (e.g. I recently bought two copies of a discontinued mosue at higher-than-MSRP prices because switching to a different model costs me in time to get used to it) but I wouldn't discount it as a major factor. A lot of products really have gotten shittier replacements.
A perpetual pattern in humanity is this refrain coming from old people. :-) You can find examples of it from centuries ago.
It does have a power button (near the wifi button) but I expect that is a soft switch of some sort.
That said, I plug peripherals like this into a power strip with individual switches for each outlet.
The printer manufacturer is 'Brother', your brother is just 'brother', except if he's also part of a fraternal order.
But what about the buffalo?