‘Fuck you, Bambu’: How one private message could change the face of 3D printing

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Bambu Lab makes the best, most accessible 3D printers yet, but that reputation is suddenly under siege. It all started when Paweł Jarczak received a private message from the company on Reddit asking him to delete his code. Now the 3D printing community is lining up behind Jarczak to fund a war against Bambu — and the future of 3D printers could be at stake.

Jarczak is a developer who shared a way to let people remote control their Bambu printers without using Bambu software. But Bambu wanted to lock down its system, despite relying on open-source code. That provoked a furious coalition of open-source advocates and YouTubers to respond.

I’ll put up $10,000 to teach bambu labs a lesson,” declared consumer rights advocate Louis Rossmann, pledging to help defend Jarczak in court.

I’m never buying a Bambu Lab 3D printer again,” stated maker Jeff Geerling,...

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