Wow, I had no clue it worked like that. That’s actually really bad.

Not here to defend Plex’ enshittification but you can still use Plex offline just fine. I had 0 issues yesterday when I had no internet all day.

I heard about the Creality Hi Combo from Frankly Built. It’s a blatant copy of the A1 Mini but with a better AMS system.

You should definitely block it from having internet access. I don’t see any way how they’d prevent us from printing when not on the latest firmware if it can’t phone home.

Try out OrcaSlicer. Same UI as Bambu Studio, actually open source and has more features. Can even login to your Bambu account to sync your filament settings.

You get a spare hotend with the purchase of a P1S so I assume they give you one with any of their printers.