It is so difficult tofind modern electronics without telemetry and ads. Smartphones, laptops, TVs, home routers, security cameras, cars, game consoles, e-readers, projectors, 3D printers, fitness trackers, speakers, and even some printers. Why can’t customers be free from this data collection and advertising? It’s not that we don’t care about it. There simply aren’t many alternatives, and the few that do exist are either more expensive or offer fewer features. Seriously, we need a list of products we can buy without worrying about telemetry or advertising.
The following list is updated at https://lemmy.ml/post/52706206. Please note that this list may contain errors.
- 3D printers: Prusa 3D Printer
- Anything else that doesn’t come with ads or telemetry built in?
Could anyone help verify whether Prusa 3D Printer has any telemetry at all? And, hopefully, that Prusa isn’t planning to change its customer policies in the future to make telemetry collection or ads compulsory?
While I don’t think prusa will go down this route the only way to ensure this is the case is a diy printer running open firmware like a voron, or using an older printer from before “cloud” was a thing for printers.
All it takes is prusa getting sold, guarantee whoever buys it will go down the route of telemetry bc it’s big money. Again, I don’t think that will happen (at least anytime soon) but the only way to guarantee it doesn’t is to control the hardware and firmware