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?

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[–] 1 point 2 days ago* (3 children)

Nice 404 on that link.

I have the very first model they sold, for which they did actively maintain a marlin fork. But that miniRAMBO board was completely offline.

I haven't seen that kind of GitHub activity for recent models.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (2 children)

    ? I double checked; the link works for me...

    Maybe the client you're using doesn't like the parentheses.

    https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware

    And whether activity is new or not is irrelevant to the concern of not knowing what the device is sound.

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