Funny they discontinued the Bronco after the associated bad press only to call it’s replacement the Escape!

Sandvine uses pattern recognition primarily. VPN doesn’t matter. It still gets categorized correctly.

I believe the low seed counts are due to the absolute trash out there. Actual good shows and movies are still strong. Niche items have always been hard to find. But we’re saturated with garbage entertainment these days. No one really cares to seed what they watch once and then never think about again.

First, sandvine calls it an app for legacy reasons, but 100% that is the bit torrent protocol. I have insider knowledge that this is the case. So don’t get hung up on that. But you’re right to doubt them. They are a shell of what they once were. Their fixed deployments are quite small now and do not represent fiber at all, which just hit over 50% in availability in dense US areas. Sandvine is still in Comcast at 100% coverage and in Cox, but they’re tiny. Sandvine is a bit sparse in mobile, but still there solidly. I believe that bit torrent is rare in mobile. Like no shit. I believe them that it’s down in fixed copper (dsl and cable). But they’re missing 100% of fiber. Sandvine does pattern recognition primarily. It used to be great. I suspect it’s still pretty good. They claim better than 90% accuracy. I’m sure the data they have is correct. But what they get from their customers is definitely questionable at times. They’ve made some huge mistakes in the past, grabbing data for too short a period of time or not across a broad enough customer base. I’m sure that’s still the case. What we need is someone like Kentik, Deepfield, and anyone else doing flow correlation to release a report. But they won’t because no company gives away that kind of data anymore. So we’re stuck guessing.

Stuff sticks to my pei sheet TOO well. Clean it well… Soap and water with a new clean soft sponge. Get all the glue off and any other gunk and oil. Wipe it dry with a clean towel. Lightly rub it down with isopropyl alcohol. When dry, print on it with nothing on the sheet. I can go like 20 big prints before I have to clean it again.

You’re the product, not a customer.

CCP lies about everything constantly, runs all businesses, and controls the media. This is extremely well documented.

I’ve had a few spools. I’ve found inland from micro center to be really good filament. I haven’t noticed much difference between the two. Also, there are some top tier filament manufacturers in the US. Pricey stuff but no more than prusa and shipping is free to low.

I’ve had the same issue with creality filament. I’m sticking with inland. The creality filament just sucks. It’s dry and I’ve spent far too many hours screwing around with settings. I’ve never had to fiddle with settings so much with so little return.

Yeah… Bambu is required to be connected to the internet. You interact with the printer via their cloud service.

My Mk4 is great. Orders of magnitude better than my Mk3. I hate lazily stolen or copied tech. I also hate always online devices. And I do not trust China or Chinese companies with literally any data. So supporting Prusa is a very easy decision for me.

Thank you! The CEOs’ children need Maseratis, boarding school, college, jet fuel to pedo islands, and so many other necessities! We can’t let them suffer!

Thanks for the correction!

Prusa Mk4. They are amazing out of the box. Easy button compared to just a couple years ago.

If you’re a bit of a cheap ass, don’t care about hardware support long term, don’t mind the printer requiring an internet connection, and don’t mind IP theft, get a Bambu P1.

Mk4 is amazing. Calibration is annoying. They definitely did an amazing job there. Bambu’s plate is never flat… It’s a manufacturing / design issue. They work around it in software. I can’t imagine the other silliness in the printer if they can’t even make a flat bed.

I’d add that quality and their adherence to open standards comes at a cost. That’s why prusa is more and a little behind in fancy new features. But 100% that’s a cost I’m willing to make to support such an amazing company that treats their employees so well and gives so much to the community.

All great points. I am selling my Mk3 and just got a Mk4. The speed on the Mk4 is amazing. Build quality is definitely better on the Mk4 from the Mk3.

The bamboo is pretty full of thin plastic parts that you can’t print to replace (something I did a few times with my Mk3). The not flat bed thing is weird and tells me they have a manufacturing issue that they worked around in software instead of truly fixing. I really hate the IP theft issue, so that is a deal breaker for me. Ultimately, the printer seems like a decent product but I also don’t trust that it will last a decade.

The only thing I think the Mk4 is missing is a camera / octoprint support, but I can live without those.

I agree with that statement.

That’d be open SCAD.

OpenCAD. But it’s like Photoshop vs Gimp. But also with a bigger learning curve.