Developer mode is just "how it works today" mode. It's insecure, and uses private APIs, and thus shouldn't be used, but people will anyway, so they're listening to their customers.
> Developer mode is just "how it works today" mode.
For LAN mode yes, but for how the printer works — not exactly. Right now you can print from a 3rd party slicer (Orca Slicer) and at the same time use Bambu Handy mobile app to for example monitor the print. LAN mode disables the cloud connection (always has). Which means that with the revised changes you have to choose either a 3rd party slicer _or_ active cloud connection
Adapting to Bambu Connect means passing the print files to another app, and it's unclear if that app will work without a cloud account. Plus Orca does lose functionality like controlling the printer directly from the slicer, and one of the critiques of the new system is needing a separate app in the first place.
If you mean that OrcaSlicer will reimplement Bambu Connect protocols inside — I doubt that will happen, since Bambu Connect is not open source, so this would involve reverse engineering the protocols and potentially including Bambu Connect certificates.
For LAN mode yes, but for how the printer works — not exactly. Right now you can print from a 3rd party slicer (Orca Slicer) and at the same time use Bambu Handy mobile app to for example monitor the print. LAN mode disables the cloud connection (always has). Which means that with the revised changes you have to choose either a 3rd party slicer _or_ active cloud connection