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ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoI would much prefer them to stay in the business and as much ahead of the competition as possible.
They are already behind the competition and have been for some time
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yet a lot of those businesses lean on the work of prusa.
Friend of mine always used creality their shitty slicer clone for his ender 3 v2, then got a bambu and was amazed by all the settings and options, different supports etc etc.
Told him he should have switched to prusaslicer ages ago, which bambu’s slicer is based on and the sole reason its open source.
(Also, orca slicer > bambu studio)
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Yes, a lot of the groundwork was done by prusa, and yes a lot of companies are standing on their shoulders. Prusa 100% deserves a lot of credit for enabling what 3D printing has become today, no doubt about that…but they haven’t really been innovative or at the front of 3D printing for a while, they stagnated and have been overtaken as a consequence.
DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Prusa has innovated. Not on their printers, agreed there, but in the slicer they have. And imo, those brands that are standing on prusa’s shoulders should pay them for that work but afaik, and do correct me if im wrong, they dont. Bambu does nothing back for prusa, the opposite even. They are killing the shoulders they are standing on and barely do something for communities. Creality was also that bad until they were forced to by a chinese maker that is now at large.
I joined the 3d printing scene at the wrong time as i saw giants like prusa slowly fall and be replaced with shit heads like bambu
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
My point is that any innovation by prusa, slicer or printer, is pretty much past tense.