For the record, rug pulls like this one are precisely the reason why I wish people would finally stop buying into the Bambulab hype and instead get a 3d printer from a company that doesn't force their cloud down their throat together with their proprietary hardware.

https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/

Yes, there are other options, no, they aren't automatically worse. Vote with your feet.

Breaking my rule of not recommending anything here: I'm very happy with my recent acquisition of a QiDi Q1 Pro.

the makerspace printer has been jamming a lot lately, so we decided to print a reusable sign for when it's not working. it jammed at the perfect point while printing the sign so we laminated it and now have the best out of order sign ever made

#makerspace

- and let's not forget: Besides all the content theft #AI stands for, people also pay for traffic, which means that random website owners are paying through the fucking nose for traffic to their sites that's just AI crawlers.

I've seen logs for websites showing traffic to drop by 70-80-90% just by blocking those crawlers; these are non-trivial expenses.

Or, in other words, these companies aren't just stealing people's content - they're stealing their actual money.

https://indieweb.social/@dealingwith/113731892010994341