“Inspired by” = ripped off

Yep. Anything that needs to connect to the internet to function is never entering my home.

A strike would be fascinating. You can’t just stop a chip fab. There could be huge batch losses.

This is what the end of an empire looks like. Nations that used to line up to kiss the ring are just politely declining your requests now. In a few months they’ll just send the call to voicemail.

Good job, idiots.

And you can flash 3rd party firmware too.

The opportunity for future enshitification is the main reason I’ll never connect mine to the internet. It’s a great printer, but I don’t trust any tech companies for basically the reasons you described.

My buddy has a Bamboo. It’s pretty good. My Snapmaker U1 is way better, and is actually open.

Can relate.