Unpopular opinion but. A company doesn't owe you open access to their tech or software.
Bambu spends an enormous amount of money on r&d.
They have incredibly high quality printers that are intuitive and easy to use.
They collect data to improve their machines.
You can opt out of that collection.
The replacement parts are cheap. Comparable to other brands.
And you can buy non Bambu parts. That fit. But why when official high quality parts are available for same price.
I don't know why everyone is so mad that Bambu won't let them tinker with the software. Or "jail break it".
Why would you want to on a Bambu. ? It already works optimally.
if you want a tinker printer than get one that's open.
Most people don't need that. They just want to print things.
I get that people think "it's my device and I should be able to jail break it if I want". Ok
Then buy a device that lets you.
It would be different if Bambu printers were crap and needed tinkering but wouldn't allow it. Or they lied about being open. But that's not the situation.
Bambu has been up front since the begining that their printers would not be open.
They never mislead about that.
Why are you mad about something they made clear from the begining ?
And yes I know they used open source data to base a lot of their tech on. (Yeah and Linux is used a lot for proprietary stuff too. It is what it is). But they have proprietary software and hardware now that was a result of their own investments into research and development.
You can't hold it against a company for not giving away advancements they made to their competitors.
With so much unethical and anti-privacy , companies blocking right to repair. And all the shitty tech companies out there, it's hard for me to take the complaints against Bambu as anything other than grifting and online created drama.
Their products were always closed. They never said they would be open.
Use a different brand if that's a problem for you.