Sounds a lot like HP’s approach with “security features” to limit cheap ink.
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.
I was planning to get a bamboo, was saving up for it. Money will go to a resin printer from someone else now.
Same here. Looks like I’ll be going the Prusa route.
I still wouldn’t go resin. Believe me it isn’t worth it unless 80% of your use case is miniatures.
Minis are probably more than 80% of my use case
You shouldn’t even consider an FDM printer in that case, let alone one from Bambu.
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.
Prusa ftw. Love my mk4s
Wow, fuck Bambu. I have several printers and I will never ever use them.
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Nobody has read the full release notes and is making this out to be a much bigger deal than it is.
Firstly, they’re leaving the existing functionality in place and you just have to enable it and approve a prompt that you’re responsible for your network security.
Secondly, they’re providing a software solution to allow any gcode to be sent to the printer and any of the many 3rd party slicer vendors are welcome to incorporate it.
Locking down a cloud connected product with proper authentication methods is a good idea but their initial press release butchered the details and led to the community uproar.
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.
This is blatantly false. Please read what the company themselves have stated, not what you keep reading in rage posts. https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/
Your source is… The company itself!?
Did you hear? Tobacco companies say their products don’t cause cancer, and are an excellent stress-reliever!
From the link you provided, Assuming they haven’t changed it yet.
