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[–] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

And is promised to be open, but their hardware is still proprietary closed source just like bambu and they use a proprietary hotend and nozzle that you can't replace 3rd party, so if anything breaks and they decide not to help you, good luck fixing it.

Almost exactly how bambu started. Seemed to get better once 3rd parties cloned their proprietary parts (not of their own doing), then nosedived.

Looks like an amazing printer at a great price, but so did Bambu in the beginning.

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The opportunity for future enshitification is the main reason I'll never connect mine to the internet. It's a great printer, but I don't trust any tech companies for basically the reasons you described.

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice they make that an option tho

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Yep. Anything that needs to connect to the internet to function is never entering my home.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And is promised to be open,

It is open. They published their firmware on GitHub like they promised.

they use a proprietary hotend and nozzle that you can't replace 3rd party,

3rd party nozzles are on Aliexpress

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

And you can flash 3rd party firmware too.