I used to wholeheartedly endorse Bambu's printers for newbies because they are affordable and have great out of the box print quality without a lot of tinkering, but at this point my recommendations for newbies have turned into "literally any other brand, maybe look at Prusa first? ONLY if you really, really want specifically a Bambu one, and no other options are good for you, THEN you should buy a Bambu."

Bambu's shooting themselves in the foot for no real gain.

[–] cookiecoookie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I endorsed Bambu printers for a whole 2 months until they began their crap, now I wouldn't wish Bambu on my worst enemy.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This still doesn't fix the issue that bambu owns your file when you print it. These devices should not be used by any company.

[–] akwd169@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Exactly that was an instant no from me dawg the second I started researching my first printer a few years ago and since then i've been baffled and irked everytime I see people supporting them...

They're stealing your data, they're probably going to use it to make some shitty AI that tries to fuck over any actual 3d designers or something

[–] rottenmummy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

And I am more than happy to donate for that guy to fuck them up

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I stopped updating my P1S (a gift I received) at 1.07.00.00 and use Orca Slicer. Best I can do in that situation.

[–] 7toed@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Firewall it, or better, run it offline just to be extra sure

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

There must be a fork somewhere so I can improve the numbers? Also because I'm interested in porting slicers to flashforge.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Wasn’t biqu working a control board that’s a drop in replacement for the P1 series and runs vanilla klipper?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I have a friend who is still considering purchasing one. There is some employee purchase thing where he works and its the only printer available under the plan.