Louis Rossmann fordert den 3D-Druckerhersteller Bambu Lab auf, sich wegen der drohenden Klage gegen einen Enthusiasten „auf die Füße zu treten“ – „Right to Repair“-Befürworter bietet an, die Anwaltskosten für einen bedrohten OrcaSlicer-Entwickler zu übernehmen

Pro-tip for companies that want to look consumer friendly: don’t threaten the guy who has dedicated his life to fighting for customer rights

This maybe controversial, I don’t „like“ Rossmann, I respect him and I appreciate what he does. His style is a bit much for me (IMHO) but that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Sometimes eggs need to be broken.

There does need to be more advocacy for consumer rights (and in the EU to force the US as that seems to be how its done) otherwise we’re going to wind up in a black mirror episode.

This shit is just getting out of hand. He’s like the punisher of consumer rights lol.

Louis Rossmann is amazing at what he does. That man has absolutely earned my respect!

Rossman is the hero we consumers deserve.

I was all set to buy an X2D from them as my first foray back into 3d printing after being underwhelmed by the Prusa i3 original edition.  Like… had it in my cart and then Rossman dropped his first video about this and I hit the brakes.  

I dont need a 3d printer.  I wouldnt mind having one but even if Bambu labs straightened their shit out, I’d have trouble considering them.  Once a company conducts themselves in this way… they just never seem to permanently „mend“ their way.  At best they save face in the short term and revert to sucking…I need to look around more at the current state of the art and the field of manufacturers

Sure but the article doesn’t tell me what OrcaSlicer even is so I don’t know why to be outraged honestly.

This isn’t a right to repair issue. This is a software access issue. Bambu has limited the use of its cloud servers to their slicer software only. That has upset many people who used to use Orca slicer and were previously able to send print jobs through Bambu’s servers.

Bambu absolutely has the right to limit what software can send information through their servers.

If you dont want to use the Bambu slicer you can still build your print code with Orca and transfer the job code manually via SD card or put the printer into LAN mode to send the jobs directly over your private network.

Now if you do this you can’t get printer updates (currently as of writing). But it’s trivial to keep it in LAN mode and then switch it back for printer updates in the future when they are available.

This is a ridiculous situation, frankly. Bambu has decided to limit which software can connect to their servers. That’s well within their right, and honestly people who use Orca are probably a tiny sliver of the overall user base. This is being blown up into a much bigger issue than it deserves to be because people are trying to hold onto the full open source community wrappings around 3D printing which is not where Bambu is currently or plans on going, it seems. They want a streamlined user friendly walled garden for their ecosystem, and that positions them where they want to be. There are other printer manufacturers to choose from if you don’t want to support them.

Louis rocks

> Bambu Lab printers are difficult to mod and/or repair yourself, with parts that are often glued in place. The original Bambu Lab X1 Carbon was notorious for its non-replaceable carbon rods that could wear out, and a hotend nozzle that needed a screwdriver and a tube of thermal paste to swap out if you wanted to avoid buying a $35 hotend just to change the nozzle size. These difficult parts were notably replaced with more user-friendly parts with the introduction of the H2D and subsequently, the X2D.

I get it but come on, the X1C was their first ever printer and it revolutionised the market. It sucks using an Allen key (not screw driver) to change nozzles but it takes 5 minutes. The nozzle assembly with thermal paste sucks too but again doesn’t take long to do, another 5 minutes, and chances are you’ll have a few backups anyway.

The carbon rods are also not irreplaceable and they even sell replacements. Credit to Bambu, they sold replacement parts for just about everything on their printer, which is impressive for a company that aimed to make a printer that just worked without tinkering and somewhat closed down.

And what parts are glued in place? If they mean cable connectors it’s for safety and reliability and you can just scrape off the glue. I much prefer doing maintenance on my X1C then I ever did on my Ceealitys.

Bambu has other things you could criticise them for but after 3 years of owning the X1C, I’m a happy camper.

I respect his stance because it’s correct.

I just don’t care for him though, he can be an egotistical asshole at times.

Dudes an ass…but he’s our asshole.

Daily reminder that you can say „fuck“ on the internet.

I agree with his purpose but he comes across as such a narcissistic pos

I hate how Bamboo Labs has worked it’s way into basically every single tech DIY YouTube channel. I’m getting real sick of seeing them.

Honestly if there’s a consumer protector out there. You want this guy to represent you. He’s good.

Been watching him for years, he’s the good guy incase any one wondering.