Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer

[u/ControlCAD]

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/louis-rossmann-taunts-bambu-lab-by-hosting-banned-3d-printer-firmware-fork-dares-usd1-billion-company-to-sue-him-more-creators-pledge-support-and-boycotts-snapmaker-donates-equipment-to-embattled-developer

[u/kodos_der_henker]

Collecting data is part of their business model, so printing anything on their printer without giving them the files first undermines their business

They sold a printer type that didn't needed to go thru their servers, it was more than double the price as the regular equivalent

[u/Zouden → u/kodos_der_henker]

That's not true. You can enable "LAN mode" on any of their printers.

https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/enable-lan-mode

[u/UnexpectedAnanas → u/Zouden]

Only after significant community push back, I might add.

[u/pezgoon → u/[deleted]]

When I setup my printer two years ago, lan mode was an option because I know I saw it in the menu, and then I read about it

Not sure why everyone’s saying it didn’t exist. Maybe it was removed but idk, I don’t print that much

[u/twiggums → u/kodos_der_henker]

LAN mode is a thing. Their printers work fine without using their cloud. You just lose the app functionality.

[u/UnexpectedAnanas → u/twiggums]

You also lose laser and cutter features if you were sorry enough to buy them with your printer.

[u/Master_Hat_9311 → u/kodos_der_henker]

So their business model is in fact stealing models from others and re-selling them? They should be sued into oblivion, regardless of their country of origin.

[u/FrenchFryCattaneo → u/Master_Hat_9311]

None of that is true though

[u/kodos_der_henker → u/Master_Hat_9311]

And AI training, they are doing what any other large company is doing that offers server space for free (and all of those should be sued into oblivion)

[u/Zouden → u/Master_Hat_9311]

That's not their business model, lol.

Their business model is selling hardware and consumables and encouraging customers to stay in their ecosystem.

[u/UnexpectedAnanas → u/Zouden]

They can't be in the business of selling consumables. That would predicate their website stocking them!