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Helio Additive: new advertising integrated into bambu slicer
 
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===Helio Additive===
===Helio Additive===
In mid-2025, Bambu Lab added a new functionality in a form of a third party cloud service where you can send your design to get a thermal analysis, which can be used later to optimize the print adjusting the temperature (for [https://www.helioadditive.com/pricing paid membership]). Besides privacy concerns of sharing the designs with a Chinese startup, the functionality is restricted to an online-only model, with no offline simulation alternative, limiting potential open-source or community-driven innovation.
In mid-2025, Bambu Lab added a new functionality in a form of a third party cloud service where you can send your design to get a thermal analysis, which can be used later to optimize the print adjusting the temperature (for [https://www.helioadditive.com/pricing paid membership]). Besides privacy concerns of sharing the designs with a Chinese startup, the functionality is restricted to an online-only model, with no offline simulation alternative, limiting potential open-source or community-driven innovation.
In 2026 this was integrated into bambu slicer as non-removable advertising <ref>{{Cite web |title=Mastodon post from @[email protected] |url=https://connectified.com/@masukomi/116736929422875166 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/1HHyv |archive-date=2026-06-12 |website=connectified}}</ref>


==Comparisons to similar practices==
==Comparisons to similar practices==