alt Hacker NewsBambu had its requirement to go through their servers since before the Ukraine war, though it has gotten progressively harder to work around.
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chunkymilk • today at 4:55 PM
There is no requirement to send prints through their servers. My P1S has never been logged into their cloud service in the year I've owned it.
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flutas • today at 3:57 PM
...nope...?
the Ukraine war started in 2014 technically. But even if we go to the "current" wave start, that was 24 February 2022[0].
Bambu Labs released their first printer (X1C, on kickstarter) on 31 May 2022, let alone their "must go through cloud service" restriction starting in early 2025[1].
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
[1]: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-au...
There is still no hard requirement that you go through their servers. The printers support a mode where they can only be accessed from the local network.