I have an A1 mini. I had no idea it was being pushed by influencers.
I genuinely thought it was the “Brother laser” of 3D printing.
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OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Anything highly advertised is always some sort of scam and/or shitty, overpriced product.
Anything you see advertised more than once is a product to avoid. Especially if you see those advertisements on youtube.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Bambu are the hp printers of 3d printing
B0rax@feddit.org 1 week ago
The Prusa printers are the „Brother Laser“ of 3d printing
Tja@programming.dev 1 week ago
It is okay. Don’t believe everything you read on lemmy. It’s not the brother laser, it’s more like the iPhone Mini. Unfortunately closed system, hated by lemmy, but enjoyed by normies.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At the very least when the brand is sponsoring Youtubers to the degree Bambu did. It‘s a huge red flag.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would love if this attitude caught on with enough people to make the marketing industry implode.
I am aware of when I have a vague familiarity with a product or brand and know that that familiarity doesn’t equal good. These days it could mean anything from best in class to absolute shit. The only thing they have in common is that a lot of money was spent on marketing.
Other than that, I need to either take a gamble or do deep research into the thing I want to do (though I’m learning that the real thing I want to look into is the result I want because I might be starting with the wrong process to get there, but after that will still be research on the process and tools to do it, followed by what materials and features are good for that).
Funny thing is that in the end, I do want advertising. Only difference is I want advertising that can be trusted when marketing is often either pushing outright lies when it thinks it can get away with it or has flipped around their message so much so that they can talk their product up without outright lying. I want a reviewer that will call garbage garbage (or even better, go into detail about why they think it is garbage) and not have to worry about whether that means some producers won’t want to send them free shit to review.
idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In this case though, I don’t think it’s “shitty and overpriced” given the pricepoint. Of course that’s subjective, I’m speaking more from an average person’s viewpoint. I know people who started with the A1 and it was fine. The company is just garbage.
kingblaaak@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
100% - this goes with VPNs, why would I buy that is posted everywhere, such a giant target for an attack.
I’ll do my own research and come to a conclusion on how i spend my money.
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 week ago
Oh no, mullvad started advertising a bit 😱
Only print ads though IIRC
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 week ago
And they do it only near their headquarters i think
GreatRam@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Naah, I’ve seen them in Chicago
cobysev@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is why I’ll never use NordVPN. Their ads are everywhere, which makes me not trust their product.
Besides, the most popular products are the most targeted by malware, hacking, adware/spyware, etc. Lesser known security tools are generally better, as long as the product itself is quality.
Tja@programming.dev 1 week ago
Quality products have quality, as long as they have quality. Yeah.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I didn’t even know they advertised so much because of my adblocker at the time.
cobysev@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I block ads too, but a bunch of YouTube channels I follow slip in their own custom-made ads in their vids, and like 70% of them were NordVPN. I couldn’t escape it for a while.
Carrot@lemmy.today 1 week ago
This isn’t the case here. Their printers are some of the best out there. Their cost is high but not unreasonably so for what you get. The company, on the other hand, is garbage. They’re breaking the law and doubling down saying they’ve done nothing wrong. People are pissed off about that, not their products.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 week ago
So, more on the scam side than on the shitty, overpriced product side.
Carrot@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Yeah. It’s a betrayal of trust in my eyes. They were the first company to get a genuine “plug-and-play” experience to 3D printing. They amassed a huge user base, then acted against those users’ rights. There’s no way in hell they win the lawsuit against them, so at least the people who have already bought printers from them should still be able to use them. But I would avoid Bambu like the plague from here on.