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  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • It might. But I don't think there has been much of a cooling for Bambu's market share. There are plenty of fanbois and their marketing IS effective for first time buyers.

  • What software are you using for CAD/modeling?

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  • There are gems. I sometimes need to do things I don't often do in FreeCAD. A quick refresher from Mango, and I'm back in the groove.

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • Rossmann is just posturing for his fans.

    He ain't got the kind of money it takes for this kind of fight. Prusa looked into to filing a possible court case. And they decided this is a fight they can't afford and can't win. Because it's not only Bambu's lawyers, but the Chinese government's money they have. And remember, the Chinese government holds a stake in Bambu. And Prusa can afford a lot better lawyers than Rossmann can.

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • Not to defend Bambu in any way, but they seem to be stuck between the AGPL and the Chinese government that wants control over the software in the name of 'national Security' (this applies to nearly every industry in China). And third parties are outside actors that they can't control. Which I think might be why Bambu is acting like they are. Their government is now leaning on them to rein this in. And companies in China fear the government more than the rest of the world.

    When Bambu first started won this path, didn't they say one could buy a license to tie into their code? And Orca refused to do that. I wonder if part of the "price" involved approval from the Chinese government about backdoor access.

  • Bitwarden New CEO has extensive M&A, Private equity experience, Removes Transparency from its Motto

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  • What generic cloud storage do you trust?

  • Movies

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  • Better yet, why not create something original?

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • For the Chinese government, it's not as much about where the files are hosted. It's about whether they can control the code in the name of 'national security'. And third party code is outside of Chinese governmental oversight and control. Remember the "Great Wall of China" and the internet? That's the control they seek.

    And the Chinese government will punish Bambu if they do not stop it. Which why they will have Bambu's back in a Chinese court. And why Bambu has screwed themselves and are between a rock and a hard place.

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • The Chinese government does not are about Rossmann. They care about control of Bambu.

  • Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de

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  • There is one thing everyone misses in this pissing contest. Bambu is a Chinese company. So any lawsuit will probably need to take place in China. It ain't happening in the US or the Europe. So, guess who wins.......

    Josef Prusa wrote a blog post, recently about this. I have to apologize that I can't seem to find a link to it right now. But the gist of it is.

    Bambu forked Prusa Slicer and had to be threatened to publish the code for the fork by Prusa the company, "stealing" ideas and claiming it your own is just good business in China, because the code is all AGPL.

    But Bambu has a problem now. The Chinese government requires access to their technology and cloud. Because one way or another, the Chinese government requires access to any industries tech under "National Security". So Bambu can't allow access to 3rd party actors in this case because the government can't control the access of the outside code, which makes it illegal.

    So Bambu has screwed themselves by forking an open source project that requires anyone to have access to the code and be able to use that code and make changes to that code. That the Chinese government doesn't allow. And Bambu didn't pay attention and let that little snippet of code that is under contention loose under the AGPL. As I have claimed all along, Bambu does not have the smartest coders on payroll.

    But Bambu is pretty sure the Chinese courts have their back in this matter. In the past, Prusa has seriously considered going after Bambu in court. But the Prusa's lawyers know they can't win no matter how righteous the case because, well China. And Prusa most likely has access to much better lawyers than Rossmann does. So this ain't going nowhere.

    Josef Prusa is very angry because it's evident the AGPL means nothing if it can't be enforced and Bambu is worried that it will get screwed over in the market because they could lose a lot of sales over this. Or even get their products banned in some countries. Or not. Many Bambu fans seem to care very little about it. Because just use "Developer Mode" without understanding the deeper implications. And that it's not really any protection.

    Edit to add: When push comes to shove, just who do you think Bambu is going bend the knee to? Some court 1000s of miles away? Or the Chinese government that's right outside the door? And yes, if you want to sue a Chinese company about patent, you will need to do it in China.

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  • String theory makes more sense if you take some LSD I think.

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  • There are a few that have had tea with Cthulu. Not many, but a few. Physics at this level is sometimes about taking a good hit from a pipe and going, "What if" and "What might happen if"

    Then they let real mathematicians and engineers figure it out to see if they hit on a lucky guess, Oh and Grad students. Can't forget the all important Grad students.

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  • That is probably true. But the lobbyists have no power to actually make the law. And the politicians to do have the power to sell a law for enough money. But they are not as stupid as many here think. They will somehow be exempt from prosecution.

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  • Politicians will be exempt. That ain't that stupid.

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  • It's always better to be lucky than good.

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  • Thank you! The world needs more thorn!

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  • Love the use of thorn! Your wild thorn has made my whole day stranger! How did you get that on your keyboard?

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  • No.

  • Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

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  • To be fair, someone did have the malice aforeskin to have an AI separated backup. They did get things restored from a snapshot. It just took a couple of days to do it.

    But the loss of reputation and revenue is gonna sting for a good while.

  • California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

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  • And yet, governments fall to armed rebellion even yet today.