Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel

Posted Aug 31, 2020 6:26 UTC (Mon) by vadim (subscriber, #35271)
In reply to: Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel by marcH
Parent article: Software and hardware obsolescence in the kernel

Consumer level 3D printers are often made by tiny companies with just a few employees and no highly paid managers whatsoever.

There's also a fierce competition at all levels. Some companies are certainly trying to make the cheapest printer possible, but others know their product will cost $1000 or more and are trying to justify such a price. And the old setup of a text based display and having to laboriously tune everything by hand is increasingly going out of favor. These days you want a pretty UI and as much self-calibration as possible and that is hard to squeeze into the cramped Atmel chips.