Their big defense seems to be, “We haven’t even done anything yet.”

Sorry Bambu, but you’re late to the enshittification game. Setting up a situation where you CAN do these things is a Chekhov gun: sooner or later, we know you’ll put them to use.

There’s already a project to retrofit klipper hardware.

https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion/blob/main/README.md

As it turns out, there’s already a project… https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion/blob/main/README.md

Just did this yesterday. You won’t need the whole afternoon. It was surprisingly simple.

I’m unconcerned. I knew what I was getting into with a walled garden ecosystem, and though I didn’t expect them to dive straight into the enshittification deep end, I figures they would eventually do something fairly shady. The real question is how long it will take to release the first X1C-Klipper refit.

Politicians are such profoundly unserious people.

Meh, I don’t think they’re quite foolish enough to go full Juicero, but I won’t be updating my firmware.

🤣 That would be absolutely PERFECT.

🤣 “Everyone uses this thing… it must be possible to monetize that somehow!”

I’d really like to hear their “underpants gnome” business plan for how that’s going to work.

Nope, you’re missing the point entirely. There’s absolutely nothing stopping me from walking into the other room, tearing apart my X1C and rebuilding it with, let’s say a klipper board, except that it works quite well at the moment… No printer bought right now is likely to be any different in that respect. You’re trying to act like it’s an i-phone, but it just isn’t.

Ten years… Someone apparently thinks they’re funny. I’d like to see their ten year old 3d printer that is still essentially using stock or equivalent components and hasn’t been essentially re-engineered from the ground up. Are you enjoying manually leveling that bed with thumbscrews and a scrap of paper? Still printing on tape, or maybe a piece of glass? This whole hobby is still moving relatively quickly and I wouldn’t be surprised to wind up working with additional axes or other unpredictable innovations ten years from now. Certainly we’ll have gone through multiple “ultimate” build surfaces by then.

Me too.

It has definitely come a long way from my first attempt with it. It’s really usable now and I suspect it will only get better with a larger user base.

There are already several aftermarket suppliers making parts for them, including a drop-in e3d hot end. Look, I generally prefer open source designs, but the hassle-free workflow with an X1C has been worth it.

Also, they sold a PILE of these things, I suspect aftermarket support will continue even if Bambu stops.

This is a very good joke and deserves more upvotes, but I only have one to give.