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[–] 23 points 4 months ago* (16 children)

I hadn’t heard of their company culture until recently, but as long as they’re being reviewed positively, then they’re not going to lose customers. I don’t personally own one of their printers, nor do I plan to, but online reviews are what moves units.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (11 children)

    My buddy has a Bamboo. It's pretty good. My Snapmaker U1 is way better, and is actually open.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago* (5 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Bambu has painted themselves into a corner. Other companies are making toolhead changer printers without the AMS waste and without the closed system bullshit.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Bambu heavily invested in "reviews" with asshole Youtubers.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    They have indeed been carpetbombing YouTube. It's always off-putting when a woodworking youtuber with notoriously dubious computer skills suddenly receives an AMS printer and becomes an expert in fusion 360 and iterative design.

    Clearly Bambu is providing design services for them so that their "I've got a printer, let's find a use for it" shop improvement project is portrayed in a positive light instead of the youtuber bitching about the learning curve and frustration of failed prints. It's disingenuous and slimy.

    Fuck Bambu.

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