Post #2518686
2026-05-12 14:02 UTC
Replies (25)
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@davep@infosec.exchange 2026-05-12 14:05
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social *luck
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@portaloffreedom@social.linux.pizza 2026-05-12 14:13
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social wow what a nightmare
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@grumpydad@infosec.exchange 2026-05-12 14:18
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social I've been avoiding Bambu like the plague since they made their first blog post "trying to set the record straight". OTOH I really need to get a new printer to replace my aging (and modded-to-death) ender 3. Do you have any recommendations? I've been looking to the prusa core one+ (since the Bondtech INDX is or will be available for that). They seem to honor the open source community, but you never know what'll happen. Perhaps I should just build a Voron 2.4 and be done with it.
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@a@852360996.91268476.xyz 2026-05-12 14:28
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social as someone who doesn’t know much about printers idk which one is the right brand then? I remember there were good reviews of bamboo labs in the past
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@guysoft@hayu.sh 2026-05-12 14:31
You might like to see this, its part of OctoPrint v2.0 that is in the works: https://github.com/OctoPrint/OctoPrint-BambuConnector I just moved from my OctoPrint printer to a bambu p1s and I sorta want to go back, but I also need something that just prints.
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@VogueLaGalere@mastodon.online 2026-05-12 14:34
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social I'm 69 years old and was an attorney for 40 years, many of which were spent in litigation. One thing I've learned: You fool me once, you dumbbell. You fool me twice, me dumbbell. That, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog #Sovol #Voron
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@poopi@mastodon.online 2026-05-12 15:09
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social This also demonstrates the Open Source community’s inability to enforce license terms.
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@billclawson@sfba.social 2026-05-12 15:28
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Bambu’s strategy fits in well with California AB-2047, which is attempting to prevent 3d printers from making illegal gun parts, but would actually put a huge burden on other 3d printers makers, and also piss off a block of voters I don’t think democrats can afford to lose, and I’m one of those voters.
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@hrw@society.oftrolls.com 2026-05-12 15:34
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social I may be biased, but after reading posts and watching several videos about 3D printing, I had a feeling that too many Bambu lab users were similar to Apple users. "There is only one brand, you shall not have other brands before me".
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@jerrej@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 15:41
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social It's the #iot we were "promised", and it always needs a questionable app.
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@yon@sakurajima.moe 2026-05-12 16:37
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social The whole mix of commercial and open source seems to be breaking down left and right these days :(
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@csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2026-05-12 14:50
As if the last red flag wasn't bright enough. I understand not having the budget to move immediately, or relying on a specific technology with no alternative elsewhere, but the warnings were already there.
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@adingbatponder@fosstodon.org 2026-05-12 16:52
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Nice video Jeff. #bambu #bambulab #3dprinting #3dprinter is OFF my Xmas list list for ever.
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-05-12 17:21
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social For those who can’t/don’t want to view a YouTube video: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/bambu-lab-abusing-open-source-social-contract/
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@Walruths@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 17:44
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social >looks at FranEnder 3, wires strewn about, allen keys hither, thither and forth. >screen that worked, surely, at some point How can Bamboo even dare attempt to improve upon perfection such as this? If I can't print with soul, I don't wanna print at all.
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@ml@social.mitexleo.one 2026-05-12 18:24
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social What do you recommend under $500? I'm new to 3D printing. Need something reliable to get started.
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@apples_and_pears@mastodon.world 2026-05-12 18:41
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social I'm in the market for a 3D printer. One brand I won't consider is Bambu Lab 3D printers. So, if/when I buy a 3D printer to make boxes, cups, and/or board game playing pieces I'll make them without asking for Bambu's or any other vendor's blessing thank you very much.
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@erikcats@dice.camp 2026-05-12 18:53
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social i am still on the fence about ever buying a printer. As a non techie, this is pushing me off said fence
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@joshaspinall@mstdn.social 2026-05-12 19:48
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social vote with our wallets we must... I'm considering a Qidi printer as my first, but not yet taken the plunge. Believe Klipper can be a little daunting for newcomers.
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@lemgandi@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 21:56
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Wow. I already know that my kit-build MK4S will work just fine with the wifi board completely removed. If I wanna print gun parts, ain't nobody's business but mine.
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@Geekman@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 22:13
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Some advice would be helpful (maybe an expanded video?) for those of us who bought into the Bambu ecosystem during its heyday and intended it to be THE ONE 3D printer we were going to own for the foreseeable future. My guess: Turn on LAN mode and use a 3rd-party slicer?
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@Thijzer@fosstodon.org 2026-05-12 22:27
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social we shall call it BANNEDBU from now on
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@sash@noc.social 2026-05-12 22:57
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Hi Jeff, I made an open source replacement/drop-in for the binary blob used in Orca Slicer to communicate with the printer. https://contentnation.net/en/grumpydevelop/bambunetwork_oss or the Orca Slicer github issue 12896. Could use some more testers, "works on my machine" P1S Ubuntu docker image. It should work on windows, mac and linux on arm, but I can't test it. You need a patched slicer to load the other .so, but no other functional change. Only does the minimum, can print and control all things on the printer.
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@MIfoodie@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-12 23:10
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Have you (or anyone else here) had any experience with the Elegoo Centauri Carbon? I'm a little fed up with my gen 1Ender 3 and I don't want to down the Bambu Lab route because of all this stuff... #3Dprinter @3dprinting@techhub.social
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@oscarfalcon@mastodon.social 2026-05-13 07:35
@geerlingguy@mastodon.social Oooh thanks for the insight Jeff, will stay with Prusa, been wanting to upgrade but this shit truly makes it a definite NOPE from me.