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I think Brother is typically recommended because their laser printers aren't anti-consumer bullshit, and are generally well built and supported.
* weren't
At least as of three years ago, even their laser printers have started being subject to enshittification.
Eg: https://old.reddit.com/r/printers/comments/s9b2eg/brother_mfc_firmware_update_nongenuine_toner_now/
And seems to me that this has become even worse since then. See this comment from less than a month ago: