Bambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS! - Louis Rossman
Bambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS! - Louis Rossman
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So glad I saw this before finally getting around to buying one. This is annoying but I am not surprised with the enshitification of everything nice going on in the world.
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For a semi open source alternative, Qidi Plus 4 has great hardware. However their QC is not nearly Bambu tier so having to replace a part is possible.
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I have 2 qidi max 3s. They have been awesome.
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Be wary of any product that requires or even just advertises "the cloud" as a primary feature.
No set of features or improvements over other options is worth being vendor-locked to a shitty company that makes unrepairable hardware that needs to call home and scrape your data to function.
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Wasn’t it that even their spools are vendor lock-in since the beginning?
I like how fast and seemingly reliable those printers work, but I never considered buying one.
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You can use non bamboo spools with their printers, idk about using bamboo filament in other printers though
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Their filament has RFID tags that contain the optional print settings for that filament, such as model temperature, bed temperature, etc. The RFID reader only exists on the AMS, and doesn't actively block 3rd party filament from being used. The tag is on the spool itself, so even if they did block filament, you could just transfer it to a Bambu spool.
It actually looks like the private key has been extracted now, so it's kind of game over as far as blocking 3td party tools. https://hackaday.com/2025/01/19/bambu-connects-authentication-x-509-certificate-and-private-key-extracted/
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If it's a device inside my house and I can't communicate with it exclusively over the local network, hard fucking pass. Goes double for "smart" home stuff. Triple for printers that handle your sensitive documents.
We've figured out how to do this since before the cloud fucking existed. If a company is pushing the cloud as a way to control local devices, they have ulterior motives.
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The only logical conclusion to everything depending on "the internet" (read: 'depending on everything') is that nothing works.
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Another good write up on the subject https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/