Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well
Bambu Lab pushes a “control system” for 3D printers, and boy, did it not go well
I’ve been holding off on Bambu mostly because i don’t want my data being sent to Chinese cloud servers.
Guess I was right.
Repair advocate Louis Rossmann, noting Bambu's altered original blog post, uploaded a video soon after, "Bambu's Gaslighting Masterclass: Denying their own documented restrictions." Rossmann also took aim at Bambu's Terms of Use, suggesting that the company was asking buyers to trust that Bambu wouldn't enact restrictive policies they otherwise wrote into their user agreements.
Sounds a lot like HP's approach with "security features" to limit cheap ink.
I was planning to get a bamboo, was saving up for it. Money will go to a resin printer from someone else now.
Wow, fuck Bambu. I have several printers and I will never ever use them.
Prusa ftw. Love my mk4s
They used to have a lan only mode. Now the lan only mode requires authorization from Bambu before you are allowed to print. They also said that to ensure security, they will eventually disable printing if you don't upgrade to this firmware.
It's a big deal.
Enshittyfication happens in steps