It is so difficult tofind modern electronics without telemetry and ads. Smartphones, laptops, TVs, home routers, security cameras, cars, game consoles, e-readers, projectors, 3D printers, fitness trackers, speakers, and even some printers. Why can’t customers be free from this data collection and advertising? It’s not that we don’t care about it. There simply aren’t many alternatives, and the few that do exist are either more expensive or offer fewer features. Seriously, we need a list of products we can buy without worrying about telemetry or advertising.

The following list is updated at https://lemmy.ml/post/52706206. Please note that this list may contain errors.

  • 3D printers: Prusa 3D Printer
  • Anything else that doesn’t come with ads or telemetry built in?

Could anyone help verify whether Prusa 3D Printer has any telemetry at all? And, hopefully, that Prusa isn’t planning to change its customer policies in the future to make telemetry collection or ads compulsory?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Prusa Connect (online cloud) is totally optional. You can use Prusa Link locally to send the score to the printer wirelessly from the slicer. Prusa Link is a bit barebone but it does the job.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    As alternative you can get a pi running octoprint to control the prusa by usb and keep the printer itself completely disconnected.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    I have MK3 so PrusaLink is running on a pi already, via the onboard UART. I tried Octoprint with this setup very long ago and I had issues. The pi would be too slow to send the commands to the printer and would end up failing the prints sometimes. I haven't revisited Octoprint since.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    They are giving out a docker image now so you can host your own prusa cloud on your own network

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    That's pretty cool. Definitely going to install it once it's out of early access.

    I've just been using the Prusa Link via HomeAssistant, which is pretty useful, but the actual Prusa Connect does have more features that'd be fun to play with.

  • source
  • parent