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minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 hours agoI care. I bought Bambu anyway, because there’s a LAN only option. I enabled it today. I am also not going to upgrade firmware.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoI’ve been considering a Bambu until today. From what I learned today, there is no Lan only option. It now must connect to their servers to let you print. They also said they will disable your ability to print if you don’t upgrade the firmware.
minus-squareMrTolkinghoen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 minutes agoThere is a true lan only if you switch to the x1plus custom firmware and they’ll never be able to take that away.
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI wouldn’t buy a new Bambu now. But the one I have has a LAN only option, and i assume it will keep it as long as I don’t upgrade my firmware. I don’t see how they would disable my printer without updating firmware. Maybe I should block all internet communication just to be sure.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·6 hours ago there’s a LAN only option. I enabled it today. Do you trust it to not “phone home” anyway?
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI assume it does. If I had a big problem with that, I wouldn’t have connected it to the internet in the first place. However, the talk about disabling printers without this update makes me think I should probably block it.
minus-squareBlackAura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoThat’s a separate issue from requiring internet access / cloud / their servers to be online to print.
minus-squareskizzles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIt’s not that difficult to go into your router and just block all external traffic from a device so yes I trust mine not to phone home.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoFor how long? 3d printer firmware upgrades often bring some meaningful enhancements. Imagine that might be hard to resist forever
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoForever is a long time. I’m sad I won’t get upgrades, but I didn’t expect any when I bought it. I’ll be fine for a while. When I feel that big an itch for a new thing, I’ll buy a new thing. Probably something Prusa branded.
I care. I bought Bambu anyway, because there’s a LAN only option. I enabled it today. I am also not going to upgrade firmware.
I’ve been considering a Bambu until today. From what I learned today, there is no Lan only option. It now must connect to their servers to let you print. They also said they will disable your ability to print if you don’t upgrade the firmware.
There is a true lan only if you switch to the x1plus custom firmware and they’ll never be able to take that away.
I wouldn’t buy a new Bambu now. But the one I have has a LAN only option, and i assume it will keep it as long as I don’t upgrade my firmware.
I don’t see how they would disable my printer without updating firmware. Maybe I should block all internet communication just to be sure.
Do you trust it to not “phone home” anyway?
I assume it does. If I had a big problem with that, I wouldn’t have connected it to the internet in the first place.
However, the talk about disabling printers without this update makes me think I should probably block it.
That’s a separate issue from requiring internet access / cloud / their servers to be online to print.
It’s not that difficult to go into your router and just block all external traffic from a device so yes I trust mine not to phone home.
For how long? 3d printer firmware upgrades often bring some meaningful enhancements. Imagine that might be hard to resist forever
Forever is a long time. I’m sad I won’t get upgrades, but I didn’t expect any when I bought it. I’ll be fine for a while.
When I feel that big an itch for a new thing, I’ll buy a new thing. Probably something Prusa branded.