Proof that Josef Průša is a bad businessman  

Proof that Josef Průša is a bad businessman

Josef Průša is a bad businessman who pisses money away. Here is proof.

Here is an obvious bad decision. Free Harribo gummy bears for 400,000 printers actually cost $2.3 million US Dollars. These are really numbers. Why does Průša burn this money from his own pocket?

Clearly it would cost way, way less to pay the Chinese for cheap injection parts. Why does he pay higher fair wages in Europe instead of slave labor in China? Průša doesn't file patents or charge for rights. He keeps everything open-source, so anyone can profit off his hard work for free. Průša gives away the physical and electronic designs. Průša's competitors on Temu, Ali Express, and elsewhere steal his valuable ideas to make competing products, which makes no money for Průša himself. Long before the public knew about 3D printing, Průša foolishly invested tons of his personal time for free, designing open-source parts and building 3D printers in his basement. So silly.

Průša wastes money designing upgrades when he could sell you a whole new machine. He pays writers and illustrators to create detailed instructions so you can build his products for less money. What sense does that make? Průša will send free replacement parts even when clueless builders goof his detailed instructions. Silly. He pays to run worldwide tech support, in seven languages, even if you buy an older machine off craigslist. Why do this?

Every one of these decisions take money out of foolish Josef Průša's pocket. He could be sipping umbrella drinks on a Tahiti beach by selling the brand and facilities to a big corporation. All the giveaways above will stop. The new corporation will wisely stop paying fair European wages. No more discounted self-build kits. It is more profitable to sell you a whole new machine instead of selling you an upgrade. Best of all, the new corporation will obviously stop wasting $2.3 million on free gummy bears.