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I've really watched Bambu go from darling of the 3d printer community, to "yeah there's some issues but the results are just so good I still recommend them" to "Bambu is literally Satan"
It helps that other brands have become much more competitive in terms of feature set, pricing, and customer support! Perhaps they were ahead of the game in the past, but brands like Prusa, Qidi, Elegoo, Snapmaker, etc. are leapfrogging Bambu nowadays!
Public sentiment about your brand is a currency and they cashed all of theirs in within the span of like a week.
The controversy started like a year ago... Firmware version 1.8
They where never the Darling the hard cores I was here first crowd always hated them.
Hardcore users don't get to pick the darling. Revenue does.
Revenue isn't what defines a darling; it's about being universally loved and a popular choice. The one who is always topping youtube review lists as a best-buy. And especially when they started small and are still growing.
Yes - that might in turn lead to becoming the dominant player with the most revenue, but the revenue is the result, not the cause.
What's amazing is it was fast. Like I was playing with my mk3s when they where first a thing, and now I'm thinking of retiring it for a core xy and bamboo has done the entire story arc.
Build a Voron!
Dig through my comment history and you'll see pros and cons of choosing to do so. If you like building and modding it's hard to beat. The build is pretty long, but you'll learn a lot.
I'll be honest. If it was me 7-10 years ago I would do it. Current me however gives away 3d printers to people (first one is free...) that don't fit my current needs. So for the next FDM printer it's probably going to be a Prusa Core One.
All in the span of like a week now too which is wild
Nah, opinions of them have been sliding for a while. The software licensing stuff is just a topic that attracts certain vultures, making coverage suddenly explode.