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Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect by dawnerd on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:36AM (#42765304)
How is an electron app that just adds another step solving the problem? They should have just secured their api properly instead of using security as an excuse to cut out third party software that will get around an inevitable subscription.
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Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect by bhhaskin on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:48AM (#42765364)
Because authenticated commands removes the liability issue. Hacking the device vs we knowingly let anything send g-code.

This is basically the equivalent to having passwords on a MySQL database or redis server.

Why on earth would they add a subscription? That makes absolutely no sense business wise. No one would buy their printers, and they don't have a captured market to strong arm anyone.

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Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect by dawnerd on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:09AM (#42765477)
Why would they add a subscription? Uhm print farms already have subscription based software. Bambu would just be an easier entry. They already have screenshots of it on their wiki.
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