Once the update actually rolls out to the P1S obviously. Which may not even happen with the current backlash
For now. They're putting themselves in the middleman position where they get the final say over what we can print on the printers that we supposedly "own".
It's naive to think that they won't try to extract revenue from that privileged position, they wouldn't have spent R&D resources on it otherwise.
Imagine if this limitation existed with Bambu's first-party slicer. It would obviously be considered a pretty big downside.
This is inaccurate, the printer already required authentication using an 8 digit code. What they're trying to do now is verify that the print has been started using official Bambu software, i.e. software-only DRM.
Was it actually? Is there a source for this?
I'm not so upset about this change (it doesn't affect me, so far), but I'm skeptical this was a widespread problem.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Bambu-3D-printers-start-printi...
I have owned one since November 2023 - and it has never been hacked or powned by an outside actor.
Printing directly from SD cards via the little touch screen is unchanged since networked computers can’t do that.