Jeff Geerling: Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract

[Flojo]

Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract

Last year I said I'd probably never recommend another Bambu Lab printer again. I still use my P1S, but after Bambu Lab started pushing their always-connected cloud solution as the new default: I blocked the printer from the Internet via my OPNsense Firewall I stopped updating the firmware I...

www.jeffgeerling.com

 

[spiff]

 

[nulkoel]

GamersNexus article: https://gamersnexus.net/fk-you-bambu-lab

 

[saor]

The product quality is good, but the company is run by assholes.

It's a testament to how good Bambu's printers are that I have to muster any sort of outrage at the situation.

 

[R4ziel]

The situation sucks, their printers are fantastic but their policies are starting to get worrying, definitely takes the shine off their quality

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Bambu have no leg to stand on here if they do choose to pursue this further.

 

[The Darkness]

I've taken my X1C offline ages ago. I only use it on my network, and have no need for firmware updates etc. Works just the way I want it to.

 

[HAL 9000]

Josef Prusa of Prusa Research has raised serious concerns about Bambu Lab’s Bambu Studio slicer software.

The program, a fork of the open-source PrusaSlicer, incorporates a closed-source networking plugin that Prusa describes as an unauditable “black box” downloaded from a CDN and capable of remote replacement.

Prusa says this is dangerous because Chinese laws require companies to help their intelligence agencies and share encryption keys, and slicers handle sensitive 3D design files used in research labs, universities, and defense work.

He also claims that Bambu Lab is breaking the open-source license rules by adding this closed part.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2056178455146864813

 

[warrenpridgeon]

I've taken my X1C offline ages ago. I only use it on my network, and have no need for firmware updates etc. Works just the way I want it to.

It would be nice to monitor my P1S from the couch with the native app. But I've also hit mine on LAN only, Developer mode. There are alternate apps that I must still get round to trying but I've only had mine for a week.

 

[Flojo]

OrcaSlicer-bambulab/bambu_agpl.md at main · jarczakpawel/OrcaSlicer-bambulab

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Why bambu_networking violates the AGPL in Bambu Studio

 

[gregmcc]