Honestly, the response is not that great. Right off the bat they're just going on the defensive, enumerating "false claims" that printer will require subscription etc. But the concern wasn't that Bambu _will_ do that, but that they _could_ do that, and generally that inserting Bambu's infrastructure as a mandatory step in the printing pipeline is _not great_.

Then, the first point in their `truth about the update` section:

> This is NOT about limiting third-party software. We're creating Bambu Connect specifically to ensure continued third-party integration while enhancing security. We're actively working with developers like Orca Slicer to implement this integration.

The `we're actively working` with Orca was already addressed by the OrcaSlicer developer [0]

> Bambu informed me of this change two days before their announcement.

and Bambu's idea of "working with" is helping to implement redirect from Orca to their own software that would actually start the print. Seems like limiting third-party software to me.

> This is beta testing, not a forced update. The choice is yours.

This is bizarre, surely beta firmware is intended to be release firmware at some point? If anything, the community outrage proved beta track to work as intended.

> About Panda Touch. We reached out to BTT as soon as we became aware of their product. We warned them that using exploited MQTT protocols...

Also addressed by BQ in [1], tl;dr they tried to work with Bambu but didn't get much response, only a warning that the MQTT might stop working in a future update. So technically Bambu _reached out_, but only to say "don't improve our product". In the end, Bambu is screwing over their customers more than BQ

Further down they still go and defend their decision

> When using third-party slicing software like Orca Slicer, the difference in users experience is not much.

and proceed to demonstrate that Orca Slicer will _easily_ open the new app which will be able to start the printing. Which is exactly what the community complained about, and doesn't address things like missing Linux support.

Finally, they're presenting a diagram showing how the new flow looks like. Except the diagram is missing any details about what the new software does — it doesn't show how, when and why the new software communicates with the cloud.

For someone with even cursory understanding of security, the changes just don't make much sense, and Bambu is not doing much to explain the security protocols they're trying to implement. For all I know they just slapped a private certificate somewhere in the Bambu Connect app and started signing requests to the printer, which doesn't improve security at all if the private key is already public

[0] https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063#issuecom...

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/BIGTREETECH/comments/1i5lzzf/latest...