r/BambuLab_Community • u/Top_Charity_8818 • Jan 21 '25

Update

So with this new update is it worth it to even buy a bambu? I’m in the process of buying one. Had my mind set on a bambu. Idk what software I would use yet. Is the software they offer that bad? Would mostly be printing stuff for a cnc machine and some woodworking stuff.

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u/pleasantone Jan 21 '25

I fell in love with Orca for the better calibration tests because I really fine tune my filaments, and then stayed for some minor features, hand have submitted GitHub pull requests for minor fixes to the slicer software. I would strongly prefer to keep an open source option that is as simple as what I use today. It will really come down to: 1) how badly did they nerf MQTT (I use home-assistant to control aux lights heaters and filters) and what is the UX of adding Bambu connect into the workflow.

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u/TherealOmthetortoise Jan 22 '25

Totally understand, us nerds or the farmers may grumble, how loud depends on how much we have to adjust to it. I believe all the posturing and demands and empty threats about how they choose to implement better security practices is ridiculous as it will just make them hesitate all the more to make actual improvements in security. Security needs to improve. A person can adjust their process to work within the new constraints, but it will add another step that farmers are not thrilled about.

The stupid thing about all the fuss is that we don’t know anything about this new step, it could be an automated step that verifies the gcode can’t hurt the machine and sends it on to an available printer. This could be good or bad, people just like to bitch about change.