Summary https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/
Lewis Rossman video https://youtu.be/aIyaDD8onIE
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.
And there it is. Isn’t bambulabs also the ones that have RFID tags on their spools that they pinky promise are just used as convenience and will never be DRM?
My XYZ was similar, but thankfully they allowed spools to be used on the outside. I also found a print to allow me to respool the cartridges but can’t use the chip to monitor spool usage. But someone did come up with a way to reset those tags but I never got around to doing it.
Hopefully the same can be done here too.
Such a shame because while I don’t like FDM printing much anymore, Bamboo printers look like awesome printers minus all this BS.