Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Developer mode is just "how it works today" mode. For LAN mode yes, but for how the printer works — not exactly. Right now you can print from a 3rd party slicer (Orca Slicer) and at the same time use Bambu Handy mobile app to for example monitor the print. LAN mode disables the cloud connection (always has). Which means that with the revised changes you have to choose either a 3rd party slicer _or_ active cloud con…
Hmm, seems pretty clear that OrcaSlicer will eventually adapt to use Bambu Connect regardless, which will preserve active cloud connections.
If you mean that OrcaSlicer will reimplement Bambu Connect protocols inside — I doubt that will happen, since Bambu Connect is not open source, so this would involve reverse engineering the protocols and potentially including Bambu Connect certificates.