Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract

This article discusses Bambu Lab's controversial actions against a fork of OrcaSlicer, an open source 3D printing slicer based on their AGPL-licensed Bambu Studio. The author, a user who blocked their printer from the cloud for privacy, details how Bambu Lab threatened legal action against the fork's developer for bypassing their cloud delivery system, despite the fork using upstream code verbatim. The incident highlights tensions between open source principles and corporate control, with accusations of abusing the open source social contract and legal power to suppress a small user base. The article is relevant to IT/technology as it covers open source licensing, software forks, and tech industry ethics.