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• thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ok, but I didnt say they are not a for-profit company

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You said that they were not a “real” for-profit company, which is just plain wrong. They have even monetised their printables.com platform, if that’s not a for-profit move in the most classical sense I don’t know what is.

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    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      why are you trying to change what I wrote? Its clearly there. I said none of that. You need to check yourself bro

      OMG monetized their platform. Because they are a business. I suspect you have no knowledge of their platform or how they do business or where or the history of their founder.

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      • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        why are you trying to change what I wrote? Its clearly there. I said none of that.

        Prusa being “for profit” isn’t the same as the term implies.

        Well then I misinterpreted what you mention by that statement, what do you mean by it, if it wasn’t that they’re not a “real” for-profit company?

        I suspect you have no knowledge of their platform or how they do business or where or the history of their founder.

        No I have plenty experience and use printables a lot, it’s a great platform. I’ve been in-and-out of the 3d printer environment since 2010, I perfectly well know their history and what they once were.

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      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        LOL I read your edit, jfk you are clearly ignorant.

        prusa3d.com/…/open-source-at-prusa-research_23681…

        there is a lot of open source give and take you dumbass

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• bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Even non-profits need to make a profit somehow. They have operating expenses and need to build a cash cushion much like a for profit business.

  Now, Prusa is and always has been a privately owned business and Josef wants to makes money, got to keep the lights on somehow and pay his employees you know. So Prusa is a normal business with a generally “Do no Evil” company outlook and the constraints of trying to be a successful business in the EU.

  And despite the higher price that gets forced by trying to operate in the EU, this should make Prusa a more desirable place to do 3D printing business for all those who want to be socially responsible over another very popular brand based in China. But, evidently a cheaper price cuts a lot of slack for most.

  Full disclosure: I own a Prusa Mk3s and a Bambu Mini.

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