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Sad to see them go this way, but not unexpected, thanks to the article by Josef Prusa where he complains about open source.

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[–] j4k3 48 points 6 days ago (11 children)

They haven't been really open source for a long time. The move away from Merlin's configurations based software and onto custom code that only a full time dev can effectively modify was a major shot against the roots of RepRap and the community around Adrian Bowyer that Joe was a part of and got him started.

Nothing lasts forever, but the move away from open source officially marks the end of me going out of my way to purchase from them or recommend them.

Long live the kit makers and sources like LDO and Voron. The community created the 3d printing hobby, not the companies, not some guy that throws beer parties with llamas in the Czech Republic.

[–] riodoro1 24 points 6 days ago (6 children)

He’s just trying to make money and not get butt fucked by the Chinese on every corner.

Not everyone needs to be an open source die hard, and that doesn’t necessarily take away from the products quality.

[–] 4lan 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I refuse to buy any machine that is closed source. They are shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.

Their market share will continue to dwindle if they keep trying to lock everything down.

People that don't care are getting bambu lab. People that do care are getting creality or building voron

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