Just filed a ticket at General Ticket - Bambu Lab 
I was just in the process of ordering several bambulab a1 combo for our school.
Considering the rumors, that it will not be able to use bambulab printers with orca slicer in the future without connection to an external service, I reconsider this decision until a clarification from your side, that you will support direct open source software access to these printers in the future.
Please explain your future plans.
#BambulabGoesEvil