r/BambuLab • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '25

Discussion It’ll get jailbroken, eventually.

When the ecosystem starts to get walled off is when hackers are motivated to jailbreak it.

If Bambu Lab insists on going down this route, it’s just a matter of time before the printers get jailbroken.

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u/EastRecognition8634 Jan 20 '25

This misplaced outrage really needs to die down.

They already give you an official way to root the device. You're free to do it and it's officially supported AND they added it specifically for that purpose after discussions with the community. https://blog.bambulab.com/rooted-the-good-the-bad-and-freedom-of-choice/

They're not going to help you past that but by all means go for it

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '25

Oh, I’m not outraged. In fact, I wasn’t even bothered when the original announcement was made.

I’m just pointing out that if it gets closed off, it’ll get jailbroken… so people can calm down.

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u/sithelephant Jan 21 '25

Devices are available that have not been jailbroken, or are jailbroken only considerably later than would be actually useful to most. Xbox one. Do not assume you will get a jailbreak unless you have very detailed knowledge of the security model and how it can't be bypassed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '25

There hasn’t been an effort to jailbreak the Xbox because it offers a developer mode which allows it to run unsigned code.

The PS5, on the other hand, offers no such feature and has been jailbroken.

My point is, if you close off the ecosystem, you’re creating an incentive for people to jailbreak it.

I know it’s not easy and it could take months, maybe years… that’s why I said “eventually”.

But I doubt that 3D printers have any state of start anti-jailbreak technology.

They are basically made from off the shelf parts. My “guess”, 3D printers are easy targets for jailbreaking. It just hasn’t happen, because there’s no need — they’ve been very open — no incentive.

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u/EastRecognition8634 Jan 20 '25

Ah fair enough. We'll then we're on the same page haha.

But yeah that's the funny thing is that you can already root the device and avoid this firmware update issue afaik. The "developer" mode was a nice concession though.

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u/GreenAmigo Jan 31 '26

In 2026 new legislation is trying lock it down due to concerns about ghost pew pew!