#3dprinting folks, I'm in a quandry about what I should consider when it comes to a printer. I've heard a lot about Bambulab and how their closed-source nature is going to make it so that eventually, you're gonna need a subscription to use their printer or they will only accept their filament running through their printers. Is this fear mongering or could it actually happen and why would they do it? Also, I'm sorely tempted to get a Bambu printer over anything else because it sounds to me like it does everything with minimal user input. The X1C has Lidar sensors for crying out loud, what other printer can match that kind of information? Originally, I was totally on the train of Bambulab is going to close the market entirely and open-source options are the way to go. So much so that I recommended my brother get himself something fairly open-source, (Prusa is too rich for his blood apparently and I hear now it's about as open-source as Qidi anyway.) Now that I'm thinking about it though, is Bambulab really as bad as people have been saying? I want to know, both from owners of Bambulab printers and those who are 100% against what they're doing whether it'd be a good idea to get one. Keep in mind that I have little mechanical aptitude and would prefer the easiest and smoothest experience possible. From what I hear, Bambulab printers provide that as standard. Please, tell me what's what. Show me from both sides what I should consider if I really want to go closed source. I really want to know.