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by amelius 578 days ago
What are the proprietary aspects?
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BambuLab has a proprietary firmware.

So far, full open source and standard parts have been the standard for consumer-level 3D printer since the RepRap project, and especially for Prusa.

But it is not the case for BambuLab, except for its slicer, but I suspect that's only because it is a derivative of... PrusaSlicer, which is AGPL. Because BambuLab makes great 3D printers and is therefore very successful, the community worries that it will set a precedent and that 3D printing will become more and more locked down.

Mandatory cloud connection for the initial setup (although you can use it in LAN mode afterwards).
as far as I know, you can't flash a different firmware on the printer