Recommendation of 3D Printer

I’ve been looking at purchasing a 3D printer and I almost picked up a Bambu Lab X1C 3D Printer during the holidays but given Bambu’s recent moves to force firmware updates that enable Bambu Authorization which enables a “security feature” that requires Bambu Authorization to printer over your own LAN I’ve decided to look else where and a YouTuber I followed and trust recommended Creality.

Can I get some suggestions on what type of 3D printer I should consider from Creality comparable to the Bambu Lab X1C 3D Printer.

I’m an absolute NOOB to 3D printing.

Any suggestions would be grealy appreciated.

M@

Check out Qidi, the Q1Pro is as good as the Bambu and cheaper.