"Security" on behalf of the user is a complete red herring. You can't print to my 2d printer or my 3d printer, but I can, with "any old device or application". Because they're on my network, not public on the internet.
I disagree. These devices can easily burn down people's homes if given bad G-code. Then they would be sued into the dirt for a security whole a mile wide. Looking at the changes this is about liability.
How is an electron app that just adds another step solving the problem? They should have just secured their api properly instead of using security as an excuse to cut out third party software that will get around an inevitable subscription.
Because authenticated commands removes the liability issue. Hacking the device vs we knowingly let anything send g-code.
This is basically the equivalent to having passwords on a MySQL database or redis server.
Why on earth would they add a subscription? That makes absolutely no sense business wise. No one would buy their printers, and they don't have a captured market to strong arm anyone.
Why would they add a subscription? Uhm print farms already have subscription based software. Bambu would just be an easier entry. They already have screenshots of it on their wiki.
You mean like when Bambu issues a firmware update remotely and many printers which were sitting idle just start printing without being commanded by the user? [1]
I personally do not want my printer connected to any vendor's server in any way...IMHO, there is no reason for it.
