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Why not both?
The writing has been on the wall since the beginning. They had all the calling cards of enshittification. No one can pretend like they didn't know this was coming, they just didn't care.
Because they’re really good out of the box printers and prior to this for somebody that wanted something that “just works” it would be Prusa or Bambu I’d recommend.
I love tinkering and tweaking and I’m building a Voron but it’s not hard to understand how overwhelming choices can be and it’s understandable that people would choose to lock into an ecosystem specifically because it lets them just print.
I would never buy a Bambu and wouldn’t recommend it for anybody building a company with essential components having them in the pipeline but then again most people aren’t that aware and their research, understandably, led them to buying one.
I agree with OP, this is an opportunity to be empathic and to help them. And they’re learning the hard way a lesson they’ll take forward. I’d prefer that lesson to be “more careful” and not “these people are snobs”
This sums it up perfectly! Don't make consumer-friendly synonymous with "snobs."
Great way of putting it!
I'm super for making hobbies accessible, and let's be real, I'd be willing to assume most of us have probably been burned by something like this in the past. Probably not a bad idea to have some sort of community resource for information, guides etc, might help some people in the future avoid it if it's something they care about.
Also going to be realistic, I absolutely care and advocate for open products that you fully control, but I know that it just doesn't matter to everyone.
I bought my 3D printer like 6 months ago, and I didnt end up going with a Bambu printer. But I can assure you I had no fucking clue Bambu was bad, or ready to implement anti-consumer features. My choice was based on reviews, and websites exactly as this is saying that told me which printers were the best resin printers to buy.
Then you weren't paying attention.
Reviews never report on anti-consumer features. When was the last time you watched a phone review that said anything about the massive amount of bloatware on modern Android phones? Or Apple's locked app ecosystem? Or the fact that their devices are completely unrepairable? Because no one cares.
Freaking paying attention? My dude, blame Bambu and don't go victim blaming.
I do blame Bambu. But they couldn't do what they were doing if their "victims" weren't buying them in droves and recommending them to everyone while ignoring all of the very obvious calling cards of enshittification.
It's not like there aren't a dozen excellent alternatives.
It's an absurd concept that there's only ever 1 party that can be at fault for anything.
I'll say one last time, victim blaming is not cool at all. It tells more about your character than others.
Repeating yourself adds nothing to this conversation.
Exactly my thoughts with your rephrasing.
You really aren't getting the point at all. Good for you feeling all superior to other people tho. I'm sure it's good for your self-esteem at least.
It's not about my self-esteem, it's about watching people fall for the same trap over and over again, and seeing industries that all start out as open-source everything and consumer-friendly be trodden on by corpos who want to take away everyone's options and lock you into an ecosystem in order to drive up pricing and eliminate competition.