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

Source: The Verge

Overview

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.

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