With Core ONE, Prusa’s Open Source Hardware Dream Quietly Dies
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Yesterday, Prusa Research officially unveiled their next printer, the Core ONE. Going over the features and capabilities of this new machine, it’s clear that Prusa has kept a close eye on the…

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

  • corsicanguppyEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

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

    Yes, it’s just a factor among many we all use to make the best decision we can about which product to buy. And yes, it’s also disappointing they used an Open-Source identity to fuel early sales and now turn their back on it more and more.

    • riodoro1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 month ago

      Man, the early reprap kit market is not at all comparable to what we have today. Prusa has become a prosumer oriented company. I don’t think it was even a word when the company started.