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 *Control printer temperatures or cooling
 *Automate printer behaviors based on sensor data or events
-*Access camera feeds through third-party applications<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9">{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Am I wrong in understanding that Bambu Connect is just a upgraded version of what used to be the network plugin? The difference is that it’s not a plugin anymore. The only API offered is signing/sending .3mf files – everything else is only in Bambu Connect, but not available to other tools anymore: No syncing AMS filaments, no access to cloud-synced print profiles, no manually moving/heating the printer, no monitoring progress, no access to the camera etc. So yeah, Orca could probably implement a new “Send” button, but the “Device” Tab will be gone and preparing prints would also be a lot worse… I still don’t fully understand why they’re doing this. If they did it to Bambu Studio as well, then it would make more sense (not linking their closed-source plugin against the GPLd slicer anymore, finally complying with the license), but as it stands it seems they’ll only kneecap Orca (and any goodwill in the community around it). |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033106/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
+*Access camera feeds through third-party applications<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9">{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=This new auth system will make me sell my printers |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ro1KZ |archive-date=2026-03-30 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum}}</ref>
 ===Permanent nature of the update===
 Once a printer is updated to the new firmware, users can still revert to previous versions that allows full control of the printer using LAN mode access key while signed into the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Here’s what Bambu will — and won’t — promise after its controversial 3D printer update |url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122143504/https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref> The option still exists to disable the cloud service.
-The manufacturer states this change is required for security, but community members note that many of the security vulnerabilities being addressed stem from Bambu's own cloud-centric design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12">{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 2025 |title=Bambu Studio 1.10.2 Public Beta |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date=2026-03-30 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]] Community Forum}}</ref>. The update forces users into using Bambu Connect middleware if they want to retain limited cloud functionality.
+The manufacturer states this change is required for security, but community members note that many of the security vulnerabilities being addressed stem from Bambu's own cloud-centric design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12">{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 2025 |title=Bambu Studio 1.10.2 Public Beta |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/u4vpc |archive-date=2026-03-30 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]] Community Forum}}</ref>. The update forces users into using Bambu Connect middleware if they want to retain limited cloud functionality.
 This can be characterised as a significant post-purchase reduction in functionality for existing owners who bought their printers with the understanding they could use third-party software and home-automation tools, but also only affects users actively choosing to use Bambu Cloud at the same time. The nature of the printer update is used to demonstrate how manufacturers can use software updates to unilaterally modify the capabilities of hardware products after purchase, although in this case the changes affect only people already choosing to use the cloud service<ref name=":4" />.