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I'm not in the community, so I'm taking this article at face value. If I read correctly, he made software that possibly exploited a security gap, they asked him to remove it, then he demanded free hardware. They said no, and the conversation turned sour.

Why is everyone mad at them? I'm not blaming either side, but it sounds like a rather typical failed negotiation.

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digitalPhonix1d ago

> that possibly exploited a security gap

It set a HTTP user agent string...

silisiliOP1d ago

I'm quoting the article without technical analysis or personal biases.

> But he wanted to be “properly acknowledged” for possibly revealing “a significant security gap

digitalPhonix1d ago

Sure, for context the image in the article captioned

> Jarczak’s code shows that his fork of OrcaSlicer identifies itself as “BambuStudio,” but mostly just by saying that out loud and hoping Bambu’s systems don’t ask any questions. Image: Bambu

is the “security gap” claimed by Bambu

Asmod4n1d ago

He just copied their AGPL licensed code, they send the DMCA notice because he didn’t change their user agent string.

simoncion1d ago

> Why is everyone mad at them?

Because they're unjustifiably being huge pricks [0] and violating an OSS license that covers the software that they've built their commercial product on top of. [1]

[0] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIbpQtoz6hs>

[1] <https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-p...>

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digitalPhonix1d ago

> that possibly exploited a security gap

It set a HTTP user agent string...

silisiliOP1d ago

I'm quoting the article without technical analysis or personal biases.

> But he wanted to be “properly acknowledged” for possibly revealing “a significant security gap

digitalPhonix1d ago

Sure, for context the image in the article captioned

> Jarczak’s code shows that his fork of OrcaSlicer identifies itself as “BambuStudio,” but mostly just by saying that out loud and hoping Bambu’s systems don’t ask any questions. Image: Bambu

is the “security gap” claimed by Bambu

Asmod4n1d ago

He just copied their AGPL licensed code, they send the DMCA notice because he didn’t change their user agent string.

simoncion1d ago

> Why is everyone mad at them?

Because they're unjustifiably being huge pricks [0] and violating an OSS license that covers the software that they've built their commercial product on top of. [1]

[0] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIbpQtoz6hs>

[1] <https://sfconservancy.org/news/2026/may/18/bambu-studio-3d-p...>

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