correct me if i’m wrong, but i believe i now understand what’s happening,
last year Stefan from CNC-kitchen made a video with Bambulab CEO where they spoke about the CEO’s career working with DJI, he then spoke about how he wanted to create such a “quality company” in the 3d printing industry (DJI of 3d printers). You can relate each and every aspect of bambulab closed source, security concern and maybe soon, pricing aspect of bambulab to DJI. The 3d printing industry is moving the same way as the Drone’s industry: DJI is Bambulab and the FPV freestyle/racer drones are the normal old extrusion style 3d printers.
Thus bambulab won’t be (in my opinion) making any subscribtion model, but making the printers “secure” as in DJI’s case where drones can’t just fly everywhere and are restricted from flight in prohibited areas.
Bambulab will be as closed source as DJI (no idea about the filament) but will still be a VIP model in 3d printing like DJI is in drones.
DJI lifted all restrictions, you are now responsible yourself for that.
In order to make printers secure and not “secure” they ought to hire security experts.
Also - did you know you can fly your dji drone using apps different than the DJI official one and they never bat an eye on that? An you can install all kinds of accessories onto your drone and DJI won’t make a problem about that?
i didn’t know about this
is that for all counties?
you can’t install all kind of accessories on a dji drone ! the MINI or Mavric or Avata or Phantom all have dji batteries, dji camera dji remote controllers etc … idk if you are talking about the dji accessories like o4 camera you can mount on other drones… but that’s bambulab’s way (going on dji’s path): their own filament, their own slicer (at least online) etc …
As far as I understood at least EU last year and USA this year.
There’s a difference between 3rd party accessory and internal component…
And I literally highlighted the most important bit: you can fly using different apps (this is like using different slicers). And please do not suggest that bambu’s gonna go with “their own filament” their spokesperson clarified:
Better to read the official post from DJI on that… the update from last year only relates to about 10 countries in the EU, with more to follow this month. Either way, DJI is for the most part leaving it up to the regulators to do their job, rather than be a nanny third party.
I could be wrong since I haven’t used my Mini 2 In about a year, but last time I did I recall that they switched apps and limited some features behind a paywall + displayed ads to non paying users.
Do you not see the fundamental issue with your comment? You argue that Bambu will not go with their own Filament, based on a statement that says “we have no plans” That does not in any way guarantee that they wont in future, as you seem to be suggesting, indeed that language is so loose it basically says nothing, other than right now (as of date) we arent going to do anything. Tomorrow they might change their minds/strategy, and it just so happens that they have created firmware that will support not only filament recognition, but also requirement to connect to cloud and firmware time limited operations (hardware expiry dates and expiring “security keys”) At no point have they committed to any period of time. Reading the Bambu response any other way than “we wont right now, but we might do in future if we want to”, would be ridiculous.
Of course it doesn’t, and I would not expect any different from them, or indeed most companies or even governments. Why on earth would anyone in their right mind want to limit their options in future decision-making? They are in this to make money, after all.
well said
that’s the exact point, i see bambulab is following DJI into going closed source on nearly everything but we will see how it will unfold. hoping the A1/A1 mini stays with the present rules and not limited to filaments etc … who knows
Even if they do choose to go that route, they will get a class action lawsuit. This would affect 99% of users and then almost NOBODY would buy Bambu printers. The new Auth system doesn’t even come close to causing the amount of damage that a decision like that would.