ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoBambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS!youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down112
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-linkBambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS!youtu.beExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·3 days ago there’s a LAN only option. I enabled it today. Do you trust it to not “phone home” anyway?
minus-squareBlackAura@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThat’s a separate issue from requiring internet access / cloud / their servers to be online to print.
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI assume it does. If I had a big problem with that, I wouldn’t have connected it to the internet in the first place. However, the talk about disabling printers without this update makes me think I should probably block it.
minus-squareskizzles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s not that difficult to go into your router and just block all external traffic from a device so yes I trust mine not to phone home.
Do you trust it to not “phone home” anyway?
That’s a separate issue from requiring internet access / cloud / their servers to be online to print.
I assume it does. If I had a big problem with that, I wouldn’t have connected it to the internet in the first place.
However, the talk about disabling printers without this update makes me think I should probably block it.
It’s not that difficult to go into your router and just block all external traffic from a device so yes I trust mine not to phone home.