Summary https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/
Lewis Rossman video https://youtu.be/aIyaDD8onIE
tl;dr: A firmware update scheduled for January 23rd will remove the ability of third-party software such as Orca Slicer or the Panda Touch to connect directly to your printer. Users of third-party slicers will have to export sliced files and load them in a new “Bambu Connect” app in order to start prints or manage the printer.
Bambu straight used open source slicer and made it proprietary too?
And you have to be connected to their cloud service to print anything so there’s IP and security concerns for companies.
IIRC Slic3r and all its derivatives are copyleft though, not permissive. Is Bambu doing a GPL violation?
That’s ripe for abuse.
Sounds like they’re going that route that some other manufacturers and slicers are going for “public safety” by preventing people from printing things like guns, but then it’s going to extend to more under the same guise.