“Inspired by” = ripped off

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

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.

That’s what Mint is for. It just gets out of my fucking way. Most of the time I’m not aware that I have an OS.

That site is cancer.

Can relate.