John

Atom is dead, the successor is called Pulsar

The K1 used K1 Nozzles(some remix of Volcano Nozzles also used by Sovol on there SV06 Plus). Dunno if you could use regular Volcano Nozzles on this(without modification) since the K1 Nozzle-Tips are longer/more spiky.

Im offended by proprietary privacy-invading bullshit build on the work of a FOSS Community, im sorry.

Anycubic for example does similar things. The Kobra 3 & Kobra S1 support Network printing(via Cloud) only through there "Anycubic Slicer Next" which is a Orca Slicer Fork only available for MacOS and Windows(Windows seems to be the only up-to-date Version, Mac is broken as far as i know).

Firmware is, as far as i know the so called KobraOS, a Klipper-go fork without a Webfrontend or any way to connect to it through Orca, Cura, Prusa or else.

I think 3D-Printers have just this DIY image for me and that's why i thought the general 3D-Printer user is more tech-savvy and aware.

If they would tell me that my ESP32 needs cloud connection to use them i would be furious to.

I just want to make clear, im not against printers which are accessible, i think i myself didn't had enough different devices to call myself an expert of any kind.

I would just wish that it would be news worthy if you need to use a specific slicer(specially if near all of those proprietary slicers are only made for windows) to make full use of your printer or some clarification that all your prints will be send to the cloud before they reach your printer.

Im much less a 3D-Printing-Purist then a privacy advocate. I wish that this type of behavior by manufacturers will be out-called - never-mind if it is a 3D-Printer, your Dishwasher or any other "Smart Device".

I know, i just had issues to put all my thoughts together in a way that it is still readable/understandable so i gave the AI a try. In the end, it didn't really change that much but gave it some structure and nicer wording.

For me learning about a product and how it work is empowerment. Having the right to repair and a easily serviceable device is empowerment.

Closing down the software until you don't even know what the device is doing is gatekeeping.

Is it a price thing?

In my opinion Bambu Lab is a high-end consumer 3D-Printer and still modding, servicing etc. is bad. On the other side of the price-spectrum Anycubic copy-pasted all the bad stuff from Bambu.

My opinion on bad manufacturer behavior is: if we keep buying those products(with locked down firmware, Windows-Only Proprietary Cloud filled forked Slicers etc.) more and more manufacturers may go that route.

I would name Sovol as a good and cheap producer. The plain Klipper(or on older Devices Marlin)-Firmware is really nice :)

Isnt the Creality-K* Lineup also locked down?

There is also BigBlueButton if you are looking for another similar project.