EDIT NOTICE: I accidentally wrote “A1 Mini” in the meme instead of just “A1” out of habit. There’s no proof for the Mini to also be affected yet. My bad, sorry. It’s the A1 that might burn your house down.

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    12 hours ago

    Anything highly advertised is always some sort of scam and/or shitty, overpriced product.

    Anything you see advertised more than once is a product to avoid. Especially if you see those advertisements on youtube.

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      3 hours ago

      I have an A1 mini. I had no idea it was being pushed by influencers.

      I genuinely thought it was the “Brother laser” of 3D printing.

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        2 hours ago

        It is okay. Don’t believe everything you read on lemmy. It’s not the brother laser, it’s more like the iPhone Mini. Unfortunately closed system, hated by lemmy, but enjoyed by normies.

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      8 hours ago

      At the very least when the brand is sponsoring Youtubers to the degree Bambu did. It‘s a huge red flag.

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      11 hours ago

      100% - this goes with VPNs, why would I buy that is posted everywhere, such a giant target for an attack.

      I’ll do my own research and come to a conclusion on how i spend my money.

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        11 hours ago

        This is why I’ll never use NordVPN. Their ads are everywhere, which makes me not trust their product.

        Besides, the most popular products are the most targeted by malware, hacking, adware/spyware, etc. Lesser known security tools are generally better, as long as the product itself is quality.

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            4 hours ago

            I block ads too, but a bunch of YouTube channels I follow slip in their own custom-made ads in their vids, and like 70% of them were NordVPN. I couldn’t escape it for a while.

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      10 hours ago

      In this case though, I don’t think it’s “shitty and overpriced” given the pricepoint. Of course that’s subjective, I’m speaking more from an average person’s viewpoint. I know people who started with the A1 and it was fine. The company is just garbage.