Bambu Labs make indisputably excellent printers. However, that excellence comes at the cost of freedom. After a firmware release earlier this year, Bambu printers could only work with Bambu’s…
Honestly, I don’t see it happening. Granted, I’d be spared that outcome anyway, I run custom firmware on my X1. But while they’re a bit of a pain about some things, I don’t see them taking steps like that. They’re more of a Chinese pain (don’t share the source code, don’t follow the standards) than an American pain (money at every turn, subscriptions, vendor lockouts, etc).
…The problem isn’t what Bamboo might decide to do or not decide to do. It’s that they have broad power to do what they want, have demonstrated that already, and whatever they decide, the majority of people who _already bought their product, will just have to accept.
Honestly, I don’t see it happening. Granted, I’d be spared that outcome anyway, I run custom firmware on my X1. But while they’re a bit of a pain about some things, I don’t see them taking steps like that. They’re more of a Chinese pain (don’t share the source code, don’t follow the standards) than an American pain (money at every turn, subscriptions, vendor lockouts, etc).
…The problem isn’t what Bamboo might decide to do or not decide to do. It’s that they have broad power to do what they want, have demonstrated that already, and whatever they decide, the majority of people who _already bought their product, will just have to accept.