Talk:Bambu Lab Authorization Control System

I am not a bambu labs customer. I planned to be. But I spoke on their official facebook forum about a problem with a sunlu printer asking if anyone on there may know because the sunlu paths to help were fruitless. Immediately, people were crying that I had mentioned another printer brand and how that was irrelevant but I was pleading to the experts for a bit of help. Moments later, Bambu Lab staff banned me from the group. I binned the plan to become a customer right there. Some of the customer base and indeed the company, are toxic. Now I see this plan to own their customer base and I sure this is illegal with not logical reason - remember an airgapped network has only it's own security issues, one way traffic is a thing - except a poor excuse. Good luck in changing them. I dare say they will refuse all the way.

I am a year long anycubic customer and I feel vibes over there of ignorance and wonder what they plan on doing in the future.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.78.58.48 (talk • contribs) 18:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

A few things that should be added to the article:

• Bambu Lab published a press release from January 18, 2025 after all the heat they got from the initial blog post https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11wl_DqAbSLPVMLZ_8jhlz4lGPLGFQPcp
• And here's a Mastodon user saying that this auth control system is a "DMCA trap", he also mentions precedents in the 3D printing market of ChiTu and Stratasys https://mas.to/@zzt/113848144602929391

The ChiTu/Chirtubox issue seems to be referring to this https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/chitu-systems-and-chitubox-a-lesson-in-fighting-open-source-3d-printing-194783/

Stratatsys may be this event https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/stratasys-sues-bambu-lab-over-patents-used-widely-by-consumer-3d-printers/ — Lomanic (talk) 20:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

-- Not sure if its worth adding here but a draft complaint letter to the EU highlighting the consumer protection laws Bambu are likely violating has been posted here: https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1i5lp86/eu_bambulab_customers_let_your_reps_deal_with_this/