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by ghostpepper
37 days ago
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A lot of the distrust toward Bambu is because they originally announced cloud auth would be required even for printing locally in LAN mode, and only backpedalled on that when they saw the backlash. I'm not sure why their entire domain has been excluded from archive.org but you can still see the original post for now: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-au... -- Critical Operations That Require Authorization
The following printer operations will require authorization controls: Binding and unbinding the printer.
Initiating remote video access.
Performing firmware upgrades.
Initiating a print job (via LAN or cloud mode).
Controlling motion system, temperature, fans, AMS settings, calibrations, etc. |
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So when they claim “we never said that” it is less easy to prove that to be an, erm, incorrect statement of truth.
It could be an accident due to over-doing scraper protection, but given the company's general behaviour of late I'm inclined to consider the negative interpretation more likely.
> but you can still see the original post for now: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-au...
I'd hazard a guess that that is not entirely the original post as it was before things erupted. There have been a couple of instances of materially changed posts.