Comment on Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?

• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’re slimy. Their machines use proprietary software and parts, and their software has a highly questionable always-online requirement that phones home back to their servers, which is something that really ought not to be happening with anything that may be able to identify what objects people are 3D printing. Even if they’ve walked back the always-online thing and allowed local only operation on some of their printers, that still demonstrates that they are not to be trusted.

  Their company was founded by former DJI employees. That should really say it all.

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  • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Bambu’s Chinese warrant canary.

    www.thingiverse.com/thing:2918509

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  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Qidi is also a Chinese company so what’s the difference? Most printers come from Chinese companies outside of companies like Prusa.

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Qidi does not have a proprietary slicer that phones home, and they have not been demonstrated to engage in any suspicious behavior.

      My issue with Bambu isn’t that they’re Chinese. My issue is how they conduct themselves.

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      • ShepherdPie@midwest.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There’s nothing to say that they can’t prevent your slicer from slicing some object the CCP has deemed should not be printed, or remotely brick your printer, or just simply refuse to allow their slicer software to connect to it anymore.

        Seems like it’s at least somewhat related to being a Chinese company since you’re mentioning the CCP. I won’t argue that these aren’t things to be conscious of, but I think these fears seem overblown.

        I do support open source projects, but I don’t feel like they really enabled me to do anything I can’t do now with the X1C in the 3.5 years of printing prior to owning this thing and the performance/experience has been so much better.

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• Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’re always online, not all their printers can go offline. And when they find something they don’t like in your bambu account they can turn off your printer.

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• beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Curious as well

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• Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Also, they’re being sued for patent infringement

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