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Instead of being critical of individuals, be critical of Bambu themselves.
Why not both?
The writing has been on the wall since the beginning. They had all the calling cards of enshittification. No one can pretend like they didn't know this was coming, they just didn't care.
I was looking at getting the A1 with the multi material thing because it was fairly cheap and I wanted a printer that got good quality without me having to constantly tweak it like my Ender 3. Is there something else that offers similar at that price range? I just want to print good in multiple materials out of the box.
Prusa has a good 3d printer with it their version of the mmu but it's more expensive. Kinda what you get when your company pays everybody fair wages.
I bought one recently enough I don’t even have it yet. Hope it’s on old firmware when it arrives 🤞
I run a repair shop, and don't own a Bambu Labs printer - also never will. I'm not their target.
However, out of the easily 100+ customers I know that use a Bambu; maybe 2 of them use a different slicer. Most people won't be affected by this change and it's only communities with enthusiasts like ours that will end up caring.
That said, Bambu printers are still a MASSIVE step ahead of even their closest competition. This probably won't stop me from recommending them to consumers in the future, because while I am a zealot; first and foremost concern is that my customers are able to print reliably and easily.
Additionally -- The community always figures this stuff out. Bambu Slicer is open source, and I'm sure it won't take much for them to get around this tiny little speed bump.
This was my initial worry with them to begin with, and it seems to have been founded now; but until someone comes up with a comparable ecosystem, at the same price and quality of Bambu Labs, then it's still a no-brainer to be purchasing them for 99% of people.
You should still get mad, be vocal, and complain - they've reversed course before on other things (Linux Firmware) - so enough of an outcry should poke them into doing something different.
I'm unconcerned. I knew what I was getting into with a walled garden ecosystem, and though I didn't expect them to dive straight into the enshittification deep end, I figures they would eventually do something fairly shady. The real question is how long it will take to release the first X1C-Klipper refit.
Same here which is why I jumped on the X1C now. Companies like this always release the good shit first and each future model always lose features and usability bit by bit.
This change is annoying but not the end of the world. I don't regret my purchase one hit because the machine is top notch compared to what I had previously.
I don’t get it?
How many people bought a Bambu expecting to legally and completely escape their walled garden?
All the “I told you so’s” and general haters can pound sand, their opinion and irrelevant smugness of something that does’t affect them is irritating.
I have 3 printers. One is completely FOSS, the other two not. I bought the two knowing that I was getting in to someone’s closed system and subject to the whims of the rights holder. Know how much Bambu’s change affects my day? Zero. Still a great printer doing what I want it to. And I also realize that a subscription might happen. Sucks, but I knew that when I bought in. This righteous indignation on behalf of those of us who knew what the score was is ridiculous.