Bamboo 3D Printers Disallowing Third Party Slicers (wiki.rossmanngroup.com)

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Summary https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/

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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.

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[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

IIRC Slic3r and all its derivatives are copyleft though, not permissive. Is Bambu doing a GPL violation?

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