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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 25 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I'm trying SO hard not to be smug, but I sense a sort of vindication from staying FAR away from these (admittedly initially impressive) machines when I heard how locked down, cloud-connected, and appliance-like they were.

"Somehow 'I told you so'. . . doesn't quite cut it."

–Will Smith as Detective Spooner, "i-Robot"

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago

Well feel smug i have had two and been the best printers I have ever owned. Well I purchase another probably not the way things are going but no regrets and keeping it till it stops working.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago

I really wanted a p1s after my first ender 3 woes, thank goodness I was too broke att!

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 75 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I've really watched Bambu go from darling of the 3d printer community, to "yeah there's some issues but the results are just so good I still recommend them" to "Bambu is literally Satan"

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They where never the Darling the hard cores I was here first crowd always hated them.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Hardcore users don't get to pick the darling. Revenue does.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Revenue isn't what defines a darling; it's about being universally loved and a popular choice. The one who is always topping youtube review lists as a best-buy. And especially when they started small and are still growing.

Yes - that might in turn lead to becoming the dominant player with the most revenue, but the revenue is the result, not the cause.

[–] SuperUserDO@piefed.ca 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

What's amazing is it was fast. Like I was playing with my mk3s when they where first a thing, and now I'm thinking of retiring it for a core xy and bamboo has done the entire story arc.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Build a Voron!

  • rabbid Voron owner

Dig through my comment history and you'll see pros and cons of choosing to do so. If you like building and modding it's hard to beat. The build is pretty long, but you'll learn a lot.

[–] SuperUserDO@piefed.ca 7 points 5 hours ago

I'll be honest. If it was me 7-10 years ago I would do it. Current me however gives away 3d printers to people (first one is free...) that don't fit my current needs. So for the next FDM printer it's probably going to be a Prusa Core One.

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 22 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Public sentiment about your brand is a currency and they cashed all of theirs in within the span of like a week.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago

The controversy started like a year ago... Firmware version 1.8

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

All in the span of like a week now too which is wild

[–] phailhaus@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago

Nah, opinions of them have been sliding for a while. The software licensing stuff is just a topic that attracts certain vultures, making coverage suddenly explode.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 95 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

They're working on "something".

Working on pointing out that Bambu Labs has known about the issue and failed to issue a recall. They just need the failure analysis lab report to prove that it is a design/manufacturing/QA defect so they can pin the responsibility on Bambu Labs.

In the legal world, knowing about a problem and failing to fix it opens you up for punitive damages if that problem causes harm.

Typically, if an damaging event happens and the manufacturer is found responsible, then they are only liable for the damage caused (i.e. the fire damage and printer replacement).

If they are found to have known about this in advance and failed to fix the problem prior to it causing harm to the plantiff then the plaintiff can also seek punitive damage which are not limited to the damage caused and are instead a means of punishing the company for not taking responsibility and fixing the issue that they were aware of.

This is why you see lawsuits resulting from tens of thousands of dollars of damages being awarded millions of dollars.

As it turns out, it is a bad idea piss off a community of highly motivated individuals with the knowledge and technical skills to highlight your shitty business practices.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 56 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Exactly right, which is why the hot McDonald's coffee lawsuit had such a high penalty. They were knowingly giving near-boiling coffee to their customers to avoid giving free refills, and knew about the dangers and burns caused to their customers for years.

Punitive damages are the capitalist system answer to disregard for damages caused by products and business practices.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sure but McDonalds won the public option on that. People still bring it up as a stupid lawsuit.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 4 hours ago

Due to McDonald's twisting the truth. That woman was seriously harmed but McDonalds lawyers spun it into a joke.

Then they engaged in a smear campaign against a woman who suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns on her genitals. People laughed about it for years. But hey, McRib and Szechuan sauce.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 122 points 14 hours ago

Bambu used to only remotely disable your printer if you didn't connect it to their servers. Then they sent a legal team to harass you if you tried to circumvent this restriction.

Now they remotely burn your house down.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

bambu really stuck their dick deep in that beehive, didn't they...

couldn't have happened to more deserving company.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 45 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's awfully nice of them.

[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Steve is the GOAT. They've done this in the past for GPUs that melted/caught fire at the power connection port. They also replaced someone's PC that was lost in an unrelated house fire.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Gamers Nexus is great content.
They constantly seem to do the right thing. Like honest people wanting to report honest news, findings and research in depth to people transparently.

Like Louis Rossmann, tho I prefer Steve & GN

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Hahaha they are both about rage. Steve has some good stuff ocaisionaly but can't stand rossmann.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

WHAT

Which models are affected???

[–] livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net 25 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

A1 model has multiple reports, I'm not sure about others yet

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[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Finally got around to checking mine this morning, luckily I don't have the component

[–] Statick@feddit.online 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Are there instructions on what to check? I have an X1C from May 2023. Would that be affected?

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

I think it only affects the A1. On the a1, board 2 is the safe one. The circular black thermistor on the left side is the component that overheats

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[–] washbasin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm having a hard time finding documentation on where to actually locate this board. Is it underneath the heat bed?

[–] Statick@feddit.online 2 points 10 hours ago

Thank you for the quick reply!

[–] Tinkerer@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That helpful link shows just the A1? I have an a1 mini from 2024 I hope I don't get this issue? Now that I know more about 3d printing I'll be er give my money to bambu again. Literally cancer to open source, glad I've never connected my printer to WAN and always have it in LAN mode.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm also with an offline mini. I'm still happy with it, it does what I need it to do, but I'll likely go with Prusa if it ever needs replacing.

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