That is obviously correct, but this is a meaningful improvement over what their initial plan was.
- Want to introduce x, but we are worried what our userbase thinks.
- Introduce something way more ridiculous y that subsumes x.
- Rollback y but not x because of backlash.
Now they look like a company that listens to their users and they got what they wanted.
Don't get me wrong I'm glad they're responding to feedback but the feedback shouldn't have been required in the first place.
I'm all for better security on products(esp ones that heat up to 300C!) but interoperability with open standards makes it a better product overall and given the direction we've seen in the IoT space I think they've done quite a bit of damage(even if not intentionally) by not taking more care in this area.
For LAN mode yes, but for how the printer works — not exactly. Right now you can print from a 3rd party slicer (Orca Slicer) and at the same time use Bambu Handy mobile app to for example monitor the print. LAN mode disables the cloud connection (always has). Which means that with the revised changes you have to choose either a 3rd party slicer _or_ active cloud connection
If you mean that OrcaSlicer will reimplement Bambu Connect protocols inside — I doubt that will happen, since Bambu Connect is not open source, so this would involve reverse engineering the protocols and potentially including Bambu Connect certificates.