I remember people warning this would happen years ago on various online threads, and getting ridiculed for it.
Bambu Lab’s Controversial ‘Authorization Control’ Hits Budget 3D Printers
Submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to 3dprinting@lemmy.world
https://all3dp.com/4/bambu-labs-controversial-authorization-control-hits-budget-3d-printers/
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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, print out that fuckin’ telephone because we called it. Sometimes it sucks to be right.
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m happy I built a Voron Trident a few years ago instead of going for the Bambu Lab printer. It’s more work of course, but I also know what parts are in it and how to fix it or upgrade it.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I’ve never been happier about my Prusa, despite some of what I felt were their suboptimal choices in the last few years, at least they’ve never seemed malicious.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I have not updated my x1 firmware and never will be.
teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 3 weeks ago
I blocked mine from the internet for good measure too.
Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I did this, but experienced a lot of issues connecting to it afterwards. Constant disconnects and it taking several minutes after opening Orca/Studio to find it.
Any advice, as I’d like to go back to LAN Mode?
Cheers
Zeoic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I currently have my P1S in LAN mode and use HomeAssistant to control it, using thr ha-bambulab integration. Does everything I need
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Roll back the firmware to a version that worked. You still can do that.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
And thats exactly why i didnt buy a bambu labs printer because i knew this woukd happen. I basically know the script line by line at this point, warned everyone and now look, spending that extra 300€ was really worth it…
Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Bambu slicer needed windows Silverlight or something to sign in which never worked on my old laptop. The run around is save my slice, upload through a browser and use bambu handy mobile app to start the print. If they make it more unbearable I might need to go back to LAN connection.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I got my A1 mini just a month or two before this current unpleasantness, so I was taken unaware. But since I’ve never been interested in using much of the Bambu software ecosystem, switching to LAN mode a month ago has been no big deal for me because I was leaning that direction anyway. And my current firmware version, 1.04 works well so no need to up grade. Nor is Makers World all that important to me.
But there are so many users that just don’t care and will swallow what ever dreck Bambu feeds them.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was seriously considering upgrading to a bambulabs printer before all this. Instead I screwed a second tool head to my Ender 5 and will be sticking with that printer for the forseeable future.
nous@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
One step closer to DRM filament spools. Just like the overpriced ink cartridges of 2d printers. The safety and security arguments are always bullshit. This is only about control over what you can do. No other printer has ever had an issue with safety or security with vastly more open designs.
fhein@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DRM filament spools has already been a thing, XYZprinting tried it but luckily it didn’t catch on and they went bankrupt a few years ago.
nous@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Restrictive tech never works when you apply it from the start. You need to capture the market first before you can start to apply that. And that is the road Bamboo labs looks to be heading down. It is the classic playbook:
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Stratasys uPrint, the filament is 10x the normal price, and you can’t refill the spools. 260 USD for 42ci (I guess it’s a kg) …goengineer.com/…/p430xl-model-spool-uprint-se-iv…