I have one. I got it a while back and don’t know much about what’s going on. Even then, I run their software in a VM because I never trusted that they wanted to run services on my machine.
And is promised to be open, but their hardware is still proprietary closed source just like bambu and they use a proprietary hotend and nozzle that you can’t replace 3rd party, so if anything breaks and they decide not to help you, good luck fixing it.
Almost exactly how bambu started. Seemed to get better once 3rd parties cloned their proprietary parts (not of their own doing), then nosedived.
Looks like an amazing printer at a great price, but so did Bambu in the beginning.
The opportunity for future enshitification is the main reason I’ll never connect mine to the internet. It’s a great printer, but I don’t trust any tech companies for basically the reasons you described.
I have one. I got it a while back and don’t know much about what’s going on. Even then, I run their software in a VM because I never trusted that they wanted to run services on my machine.
Controversy aside… it’s an amazing device.
My buddy has a Bamboo. It’s pretty good. My Snapmaker U1 is way better, and is actually open.
God yea, the u1 is soooo damn nice
Oh that does look nice.
And is promised to be open, but their hardware is still proprietary closed source just like bambu and they use a proprietary hotend and nozzle that you can’t replace 3rd party, so if anything breaks and they decide not to help you, good luck fixing it.
Almost exactly how bambu started. Seemed to get better once 3rd parties cloned their proprietary parts (not of their own doing), then nosedived.
Looks like an amazing printer at a great price, but so did Bambu in the beginning.
It is open. They published their firmware on GitHub like they promised.
3rd party nozzles are on Aliexpress
And you can flash 3rd party firmware too.
The opportunity for future enshitification is the main reason I’ll never connect mine to the internet. It’s a great printer, but I don’t trust any tech companies for basically the reasons you described.