ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoBambu Lab Firmware Update Forces Cloud Dependency & User Lock-In - AVOID THEIR 3D PRINTERS!youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1525
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minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoRFID isn’t DRM. But let’s overlook that. So the trustworthiness of the company implementing RFID doesn’t matter at all to you?
minus-squaremyplacedk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoBut this particular RFID has some sort of encryption-something, that means that other companies can’t make them. I don’t like it, but since I can still use other brands without the convenience of RFID tags, it’s not a deal-breaker.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoI loaded third-party filament onto my spools with RFID several times and it worked fine. I have since started printing almost exclusively from a filament dryer (AMS lite works fine this way), so it doesn’t matter anymore.
minus-squareExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 day ago But this particular RFID has some sort of encryption-something Ah right I didn’t know. I thought they used plain-jane ASCII tags with some known documented format. That sucks.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoThere are no trustworthy companies… The whole point of a company is to act in its own best interest. If they can sell you something that they can later utilize to extract money from you, then they will do it.
RFID isn’t DRM. But let’s overlook that.
So the trustworthiness of the company implementing RFID doesn’t matter at all to you?
But this particular RFID has some sort of encryption-something, that means that other companies can’t make them.
I don’t like it, but since I can still use other brands without the convenience of RFID tags, it’s not a deal-breaker.
I loaded third-party filament onto my spools with RFID several times and it worked fine.
I have since started printing almost exclusively from a filament dryer (AMS lite works fine this way), so it doesn’t matter anymore.
Ah right I didn’t know. I thought they used plain-jane ASCII tags with some known documented format.
That sucks.
There are no trustworthy companies… The whole point of a company is to act in its own best interest. If they can sell you something that they can later utilize to extract money from you, then they will do it.