Bambu 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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SR2Z 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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chunkymilk 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

	▲	birdsongs 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah. I just bought a new p1s last week and today hooked it up, never connected it to anything but power. Printing from the SD card worked first try, zero issues.

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flutas 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

...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...