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A lot of the distrust toward Bambu is because they originally announced cloud auth would be required even for printing locally in LAN mode, and only backpedalled on that when they saw the backlash.

I'm not sure why their entire domain has been excluded from archive.org but you can still see the original post for now: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-au...

Critical Operations That Require Authorization The following printer operations will require authorization controls:

Binding and unbinding the printer. Initiating remote video access. Performing firmware upgrades. Initiating a print job (via LAN or cloud mode). Controlling motion system, temperature, fans, AMS settings, calibrations, etc.

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> I'm not sure why their entire domain has been excluded from archive.org

So when they claim “we never said that” it is less easy to prove that to be an, erm, incorrect statement of truth.

It could be an accident due to over-doing scraper protection, but given the company's general behaviour of late I'm inclined to consider the negative interpretation more likely.

> but you can still see the original post for now: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-au...

I'd hazard a guess that that is not entirely the original post as it was before things erupted. There have been a couple of instances of materially changed posts.

> I'm not sure why their entire domain has been excluded from archive.org

Because they have a track record of altering their website, gaslighting the community, and then getting caught through archive.org so they simply blocked it, not realizing that other archives exist and then getting caught again.

They tried to alter their warranty terms and got caught. They altered their ToS which would allow them to block prints until the printer firmware was updated. When the community got upset, they not only backpedaled but altered the associated blog post and accused everyone of spreading baseless misinformation because "it's clearly explained in this [edited, backdated] article".

That's precisely the article you linked to. See the original version:

http://archive.today/2025.01.16-173123/https://blog.bambulab...

>I'm not sure why their entire domain has been excluded from archive.org

Think about why they'd make such a request to archive.org.

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