The real story isn't the printer sales—it's the filament glut finally hitting commodity pricing. Those bulk PLA deals ($38-90 for multi-kg spools) represent a market that's matured past hype: manufacturers are desperate to move inventory as hobby adoption plateaus and quality floors have risen across the board. Skip the endless reviews of incremental hardware refreshes (yes, the P2S is good, we know) and actually pay attention to firmware velocity—Prusa and Marlin both shipping steady updates signals the software side is where differentiation actually lives now. The real question worth asking: why is anyone still buying premium filament when entry-level stuff works, and when are we finally getting a printer that doesn't need a weekend firmware dive to run reliably?