Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to 'Go (Bleep) yourself'
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- The developer in question, Pawel Jarczak, voluntarily shuttered his OrcaSlicer-BambuLab project, which would have restored direct control between Bambu Lab 3D printers and OrcaSlicer.
- If Bambu Labs goes after you for keeping up your code, I am so confident in your case that I will pay the first $10,000, Rossmann said in his video.
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(Image credit: You Tube) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 2 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Louis Rossmann has officially pledged $10,000 to cover the initial legal fees for an independent software developer threatened with a cease and desist letter from Bambu Lab. He posted a video on Saturday to mobilize the Right to Repair community to back the developer and crowd-fund his legal defense. Rossmann is quite unhappy with Bambu Labs, giving the company the middle finger several times in the video and then ending it with, And if you're watching this, Bambu Labs, go f*** yourself. Pick on somebody your own size.
The developer in question, Pawel Jarczak, voluntarily shuttered his OrcaSlicer-BambuLab project, which would have restored direct control between Bambu Lab 3D printers and OrcaSlicer. Last year, Bambu Lab deemed these types of third-party integrations a risk to its infrastructure, saying its cloud servers were inundated with roughly 30 million unauthorized requests per day. OrcaSlicer was singled out as the main source of the rogue traffic.