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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

They're working on "something".

Working on pointing out that Bambu Labs has known about the issue and failed to issue a recall. They just need the failure analysis lab report to prove that it is a design/manufacturing/QA defect so they can pin the responsibility on Bambu Labs.

In the legal world, knowing about a problem and failing to fix it opens you up for punitive damages if that problem causes harm.

Typically, if an damaging event happens and the manufacturer is found responsible, then they are only liable for the damage caused (i.e. the fire damage and printer replacement).

If they are found to have known about this in advance and failed to fix the problem prior to it causing harm to the plantiff then the plaintiff can also seek punitive damage which are not limited to the damage caused and are instead a means of punishing the company for not taking responsibility and fixing the issue that they were aware of.

This is why you see lawsuits resulting from tens of thousands of dollars of damages being awarded millions of dollars.

As it turns out, it is a bad idea piss off a community of highly motivated individuals with the knowledge and technical skills to highlight your shitty business practices.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 23 points 1 hour ago

Bambu used to only remotely disable your printer if you didn't connect it to their servers. Then they sent a legal team to harass you if you tried to circumvent this restriction.

Now they remotely burn your house down.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 24 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well that's awfully nice of them.

[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 35 minutes ago

Steve is the GOAT. They've done this in the past for GPUs that melted/caught fire at the power connection port. They also replaced someone's PC that was lost in an unrelated house fire.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 10 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

WHAT

Which models are affected???

[–] livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

A1 model has multiple reports, I'm not sure about others yet

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And only recent ones or older ones too? I luckily don’t own an A1, but if other models are affected I might never use them again

[–] Sphks@jlai.lu 3 points 1 hour ago

Pre-2025 ones. I have to checkbmine :-(

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 hours ago

Finally got around to checking mine this morning, luckily I don't have the component

[–] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 hours ago
[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Dang that was the first 3d printer company that had me intrigued... Hopefully this is making hay is a short lived field, but it's not great publicity

[–] mysteriousquote@lemmy.world 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Sorry if I’m the bearer of bad news, but this is somehow not the thing Bambu is doing that is their biggest issue with consumer trust right now.

There are probably plenty of posts here on Lemmy about the issues with the AGPL, potential violations, and sending sketchy legal threats to hobbyists trying to let people use their printers without going through Bambu servers; it is likely worth looking around for the latest on that debacle

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 37 minutes ago

You can read about these incidents here: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bambu_Lab

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 20 minutes ago

Go with Prusa.

They offer printers with the same level of technology and the company is very pro-consumer. The slicer that Bambu Labs ships was forked from the open source slicer developed by Prusa.