Summary https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/
Lewis Rossman video https://youtu.be/aIyaDD8onIE
tl;dr: A firmware update scheduled for January 23rd will remove the ability of third-party software such as Orca Slicer or the Panda Touch to connect directly to your printer. Users of third-party slicers will have to export sliced files and load them in a new “Bambu Connect” app in order to start prints or manage the printer.
Bambu straight used open source slicer and made it proprietary too?
And you have to be connected to their cloud service to print anything so there’s IP and security concerns for companies.
I’ve been seeing a lot of comments on lemmy, youtube, various forums and 3d printing sites, of people promoting bambulabs printers lately.
I’m not saying they’re definitely paying people or having employees go make comments pushing their products, but I do have a foil hat on standby…
I’m content with my own ender 3 setup with some modifications in an enclosure but for a split second, I actually considered Bambu for my next printer.
They killed my desire completely with all their proprietary shit.
Let me use whatever I want to use with the thing I own, or get completely fucked. Preferably by a cactus, but pineapples are an okay substitute
Same issue with the Ankermake M5. Don’t buy it.



