It has been clear for ages that bambu labs is run by shitty people. Idk why this is still a topic of discussion. The 3D printing community has gone downhill if this shit doesnt lead to a big boycott.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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It's often not clear for everyone, even if it's clear for you. As a person who's not into 3d printing yet, but interested, all I know is youtubers that mention some sponsor brand, and often its bambu. So I'm glad I see this pass by on c/all before I actually take the jump and guess wrong.
True, for new people its different of course. I meant "topic of discussion" inside the community.
Heck, I had a used MakerBot replicator 2 for years and bambu is what got me motivated to get into the modern era of printers, and boy, it has delivered.
Despite all this poor decision-making, it really is a great machine, it's too bad the company doesn't seem to be able to read the room on what people want.
Depends what you think this community is. If you think it's Youtubers, no, they will still be sucking from the Bambu teat. The problem is Youtube changed the business model for content creators such that unless you have sponsorship and a Patreon account, you don't make money anymore from YouTube. They don't care because they want new users, not experienced printers.
Bambu labs has sponsored just about every youtuber there is that does anything tangentially related to 3d printing...
I inherently distrust brands that spend that much on youtuber sponsorships.
Prusa isn't perfect, but this is why I buy Prusa.
I take don't understand why people didn't see this coming from the start. The while ecosystem was engineered for their control. Just a vague promise of "we'll be good" was apparently convincing enough. Even after last year's incident, this was at best a little asterisk at the end of a review or something.
I also get that it is only relevant for enthusiasts in practice, but then again who knows where (or if) they will stop? It's possible you only use bambu filaments soon and prices go 3x. They can just do that any time they want. Will they? No idea. But they can.
I can only imagine this is a measure to monitor users and find people making useable weapons. People will find a way to do it anyhow.