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I disagree. These devices can easily burn down people's homes if given bad G-code. Then they would be sued into the dirt for a security whole a mile wide. Looki

I disagree. These devices can easily burn down people's homes if given bad G-code. Then they would be sued into the dirt for a security whole a mile wide. Looking at the changes this is about liability.

dawnerd 2y ago
How is an electron app that just adds another step solving the problem? They should have just secured their api properly instead of using security as an excuse to cut out third party software that will get around an inevitable subscription.
- bhhaskin 2y ago
  Because authenticated commands removes the liability issue. Hacking the device vs we knowingly let anything send g-code. This is basically the equivalent to having passwords on a MySQL database or redis server. Why on earth would they add a subscription? That makes absolutely no sense business wise. No one would buy their printers, and they don't have a captured market to strong arm anyone.
  - dawnerd 2y ago
    Why would they add a subscription? Uhm print farms already have subscription based software. Bambu would just be an easier entry. They already have screenshots of it on their wiki.
CamperBob2 2y ago
If it can burn down your house with the wrong G-code, adding a cloud service is not the way to fix that.
asyx 2y ago
There shouldn’t be a single printer on the market that doesn’t come with basic emergency cutoff features.
myself248 2y ago
And a firmware hack could burn down my house with my laser printer. Yet that's not possible, because neither printer talks outside my network, at all.
Ccecil 2y ago
You mean like when Bambu issues a firmware update remotely and many printers which were sitting idle just start printing without being commanded by the user? [1] I personally do not want my printer connected to any vendor's server in any way...IMHO, there is no reason for it. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/15sfisq/bambulab_bug_causes_printers_to_start_printing_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/15sfisq/bambula...

dawnerd 2y ago

How is an electron app that just adds another step solving the problem? They should have just secured their api properly instead of using security as an excuse to cut out third party software that will get around an inevitable subscription.

bhhaskin 2y ago
Because authenticated commands removes the liability issue. Hacking the device vs we knowingly let anything send g-code. This is basically the equivalent to having passwords on a MySQL database or redis server. Why on earth would they add a subscription? That makes absolutely no sense business wise. No one would buy their printers, and they don't have a captured market to strong arm anyone.
- dawnerd 2y ago
  Why would they add a subscription? Uhm print farms already have subscription based software. Bambu would just be an easier entry. They already have screenshots of it on their wiki.

CamperBob2 2y ago

If it can burn down your house with the wrong G-code, adding a cloud service is not the way to fix that.

asyx 2y ago

There shouldn’t be a single printer on the market that doesn’t come with basic emergency cutoff features.

myself248 2y ago

And a firmware hack could burn down my house with my laser printer. Yet that's not possible, because neither printer talks outside my network, at all.

Ccecil 2y ago

You mean like when Bambu issues a firmware update remotely and many printers which were sitting idle just start printing without being commanded by the user? [1] I personally do not want my printer connected to any vendor's server in any way...IMHO, there is no reason for it. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/15sfisq/bambulab_bug_causes_printers_to_start_printing_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/15sfisq/bambula...