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Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect (blog.bambulab.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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tl;dr: "Fuck You, we're right, but here's a crumb from the table" but in PR-speak.

There'll be a Lan-Mode (still requiring Bambu Connect), and a Dev-Mode (which will continue MQTT, live steam and FTP).

The Writing continues to be on the wall.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This does not change the legal position they have maneuvered themselves in within the EU.

Also,they are basically lying in their post:

We want to make it absolutely clear that all of these claims are entirely false: Bambu Lab will remotely disable your printer ("brick" it). Firmware updates will block your printer’s ability to print.

While:

Due to the importance of these updates, your product may block new print job before the updates is installed, and will immediately provide update notifications to help you understand the related information.

(TOS 7.4)

Additionally the required certificates of course have a expiry date and after that you won't be able to connect outside of developer mode.

Legally, they are also in hot water with their "no support" developer mode at least within the EU. First of all they can't remove support for functions that were present at the time of the sale. Additionally denying support within the warranty period for use that is within the normal use even if developer modes,etc. are used is considered illegal - they can ask Samsung, Google and Sony about their experience in court for those cases, they all failed.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It does not brick anything, you can still use dev mode and so everything you are used to, except using their cloud.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

They claim so. While their TOS say something else. Legally speaking the TOS are what counts.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 13 hours ago

Shit like that is in EVERY ToS ever created. Steam can shut you off for any reason. PlayStation can shut you out. Meta can wave a hand and you day goodbye to your accounts. If you don't want to update then disconnect from the internet and use dev mode. Which they have provided. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Not the same as one does include working in offline mode,your examples do not. Legally they are not the same. Neither is the developer mode comparable with the current feature set.