Bambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS!
Bambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS!
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If you were buying Bambu you already didn't care about this
I care. I bought Bambu anyway, because there's a LAN only option. I enabled it today. I am also not going to upgrade firmware.
there's a LAN only option. I enabled it today.
Do you trust it to not "phone home" anyway?
That's a separate issue from requiring internet access / cloud / their servers to be online to print.
I assume it does. If I had a big problem with that, I wouldn't have connected it to the internet in the first place.
However, the talk about disabling printers without this update makes me think I should probably block it.
It's not that difficult to go into your router and just block all external traffic from a device so yes I trust mine not to phone home.
I've been considering a Bambu until today. From what I learned today, there is no Lan only option. It now must connect to their servers to let you print. They also said they will disable your ability to print if you don't upgrade the firmware.
I wouldn't buy a new Bambu now. But the one I have has a LAN only option, and i assume it will keep it as long as I don't upgrade my firmware.
I don't see how they would disable my printer without updating firmware. Maybe I should block all internet communication just to be sure.
You should definitely block it from having internet access. I don't see any way how they'd prevent us from printing when not on the latest firmware if it can't phone home.
There is a true lan only if you switch to the x1plus custom firmware and they'll never be able to take that away.
For how long? 3d printer firmware upgrades often bring some meaningful enhancements. Imagine that might be hard to resist forever
Forever is a long time. I'm sad I won't get upgrades, but I didn't expect any when I bought it. I'll be fine for a while.
When I feel that big an itch for a new thing, I'll buy a new thing. Probably something Prusa branded.
You would think that everybody owning a 3D printer would at least be somewhat of a tinkerer and therefore oppose this. Looking around however I've already seen a frustrating amount of people ridiculing the people calling this out. You're probably right though and the people who don't care will probably mostly have gathered around Bambu.
The whole point of bambu was that it was a 3d printer for people who didn't want to tinker.
The people on this sub assume everyone who buys products do a ton of research on the companies making those products instead of just watching a couple reviews.
Most people are not as informed as those that appear in a dedicated 3d printing sub.