3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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@fhein @rikudou I think it was easy for them to stay FOSS when they had not "real" competition, now that they lacking behind BL, they got emotional and started kicking around.
My 2cents.
Seems pretty spot on and it has been this way for years. Even in 2020 when I bought my first printer, Prusa was charging $1,000 for a printer that everyone else was selling for $300-$400. They only maintained through that due to good will from the community and the rest of the market outside of Creality being little cottage-type businesses that weren't selling high volume.
Even now in addition to the closed-source boards, they have a closed-source cloud-based smartphone app
Here's a 2 year old post on reddit bringing up the same concerns:
https://www.reddit.com/r/prusa3d/comments/10g6fgv/prusa_giving_up_on_its_open_source_roots/