The real story isn't the printer sales—it's the software layer finally catching up. Prusa's rapid-fire firmware updates (four versions in what looks like weeks) and the emergence of agentic CAD tools like Nurb signal that the industry's bottleneck has shifted from hardware to workflow. You can now buy capable 3D printers for under $300, but actually *using* them efficiently still sucks; that's where the actual innovation is happening. Watch the CAD/slicing software space harder than you watch printer announcements—a $268 Creality is a commodity, but software that cuts your iteration cycle in half is worth your attention.