We've strayed so far off topic. Try to get a handle on your fanboyism and you might be able to see this discussion more rationally.

Why do you feel the need to justify your purchase in public and talk about how great the printer is? Bambu make good printers and nobody is disputing that.

And for the record, my own experience hasn't been terrible at all, it's been predominantly positive.

However that doesn't change the fact that their overall dishonest corporate behavior, pushing unjustified user-hostile changes after the sale, violating the AGPL license of Prusa slicer, and legally bullying independent developers is immoral, illegal, and generally indefensible. Nobody wants to live in a world where this sort of behavior is normalized.

Furthermore "LAN only mode" has been neglected and generally half-broken for years. It was a hobbled alternative before they broke it even further.

https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/issues/4512

> I prefer security at the network level

You do you, but the world has moved on since the 90s. Communication is expected to be end to end encrypted, credentials should be revocable, and you generally don't want to grant every process on your device unrestricted ability to set your house on fire.

Disgracefully, this is being done in the name of "security".