People want the option.

There are many reasons one might prefer OrcaSlicer over Bambu Studio. One might be perfectly fine using Bambu's cloud services while preferring OrcaSlicer for different reasons; this is for those people.

Others might not want to use Bambu's cloud services at all; OrcaSlicer as it currently exists is fine for them.

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binsquare 4 hours ago | parent [-]

this is it for me

i bought the dang thing, let me decide how I use it.

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ryandrake 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> i bought the dang thing, let me decide how I use it.

Amazing how controversial this statement is here in 2026.

	▲	parasubvert an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It's controversial because it's not how software licensing and ownership has ever worked. You want to use the hardware with proprietary software, congratulations, you're still stuck with their license agreement unless you want to sail the high seas.

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iAMkenough 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

there's not enough appeal with the investors and stock holders.

they're going to try to make everything you have a subscription, starting with the homes you might try to buy. they don't even live here, but there's no laws stopping them, because your representatives personally benefit from letting things go for certain corporations/people (the same thing after the Citizens United decision)