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With Core One, Prusa's Open Source Hardware Dream Dies

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106 points iancmceachern | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 20:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.771s | source
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ShakataGaNai ◴[20 Nov 24 21:22 UTC] No.42198252[source]▶
There are too many cheap clones. Too much stealing of the open source work. This isn't remotely shocking, just look at Redis, Elastic and many many others... Open Source works until it doesn't.

I don't buy Prusa because they are OSH, I buy them because they are great printers. They are an open platform, if not open source. Which is good enough for my needs. If these changes they are making will allow Prusa to keep producing world class devices at reasonable prices, then more power to them.

And yes, I know some people hate Prusa or have had major issues. But they do a lot to move 3D printing forward, rising tide lifts all boats and all that jazz. We want all respectable and reputable 3D printer companies to succeed - because then everyone wins.

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1. Miraste ◴[20 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42198674[source]▶
The main issue with this move is that it's not going to cut down on clones very much. Chinese 3D printer companies already clone all kinds of parts from other companies that don't provide design files, including stuff very similar to the now-proprietary extruder. They won't need to spend much effort replicating it. The people who lose out the most are open-source hardware hobbyists.