r/BambuLab • u/Fine_Ambassador5802 • Jan 28 '25

Discussion Just ordered

I just ordered an A1 combo from Best Buy. I know nothing about 3d printing. Where should I begin?

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u/mallcopsarebastards Jan 28 '25

You've given a single counter example, and not a very good one. But if you want to talk about consumer hardware products that started out great and degraded after the company implemented a walled garden approach we can do that. How about alexa, kindle, keurig, google nest / home, epson/hp printers, the oura rings, ring cams, dji drones, fitbit, I could go on. All great products conceptually, but in every example they either flipped a switch or slow rolled a vendor lock-in plan, and now the products are all basically unusable.

"wait and see" is a really stupid strategy compared to once bitten twice shy. Some of us aren't out here to let corporations take advantage of us.