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2026-05-14 15:40 UTC

Prusa is pricy because they make the de facto standards - including PrusaSlicer which is the base of OrcaSlicer/Bambu Studio. Bambu can sell cheaper for two reason: - limited research needed to make their own products - they're just copying open patents and software, tuning it a little, and selling the package at manufacturing cost + profit margins - the CCP pouring a shitton of money into companies to subsidise them and allow them to undercut western competition. Bambu makes a printer for $1000, CCP pays $600 of it, Bambu sells for $600 - $200 profit

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@SatyrSack@quokk.au 2026-05-14 16:58

>Prusa is pricy because they make the de facto standards - including PrusaSlicer which is the base of OrcaSlicer/Bambu Studio. PrusaSlicer itself is just a fork of Slic3r, anyway.

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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-05-14 16:52

PrusaSlicer is a fork of Slic3r.

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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-05-14 18:59

> limited research needed to make their own products - they’re just copying open patents and software, tuning it a little, and selling the package at manufacturing cost + profit margins So you really have no idea about these printers. Bambu has a dozen patents for novel IP. "copying open patents" no such thing as an open patent, IP is either patent, or open domain. All printer companies exploit expired patents, including Prusa. Stratasys is suing Bambu over: Purge Towers, Force Detection, Networked Systems & Smart Spools, but Stratasys are cunts who try to sue anyone. How did they get a patent for purge towers.

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