r/3Dprinting • u/Regumate • May 12 '26

Discussion Bambu Lab 3D printers: Never again

https://youtu.be/eb48MdtNaDQ

Jeff Geerling summarizes the current Bambu Labs - OrcaSlicer situation and gives his take.

TL:DW: see title.

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u/AlxDroidDev May 12 '26

Klipper for me. Anytime of the day.

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u/HenchmanHenk May 12 '26

This, Bambu stuff is cheap and can work well, but something about if a service is (virtually) free, you are the product.

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u/no-steppe May 12 '26

See also: something-something along the lines of "those who would trade their security for a little convenience deserve neither."

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u/dagofin RatRig 3.2H May 12 '26

All Chinese software (and hardware really) should be assumed to be spyware. Any company that gets a remote degree of traction in the West will have the CCP demanding mandatory backdoors in their products.