Comment by ifloop

well, but it could be. Of course, more complicated to set up, but this connection could be VPN or anything and the printer is (similar to a 2D printer with IPP or similar) just a host with some ports which have to be reachable.

My A1 still has the old firmware where mqtt is exposed - this totally works for me to tinker with, and I don't understand their motivation to cut us off.

I also don't understand their stance to limit client software - I found a bunch of bugs in their package, filed one in their github project, and never heard anything of it, while they continue to ship features. So they don't care for their software (or linux users?). They should allow the community to fix their shortcomings.