Did Prusa Really Just Phish Attack Me?

If you are currious about the actual files:
/ i_was_targeted_in_a_pe...
Prusa's Twitter Stream about Design Prototype Test:
/ 1561461052033867777

[@75echo]

Bro, you are letting your paranoia push you into unstable mental health. You are definately not important enough for Prusa to waste any time going after you, they have bigger sharks to worry about. Sorry to burst your bubble.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

And yet, it's undeniable that I am attacked. Josef Prusa himself comments on my videos and leaves tweets about me twitter.com/josefprusa/status/1561461052033867777 (Without tagging me because he wants to smear my name by Memeing me behind my back). It's Prusa that I criticize. There sure is a lot of effort being spent to attack me for Prusa. What could motivate someone or some group who isn't Prusa to go to such troubles? After this video dropped I got the Same Phishing attack through the contact form on my website. The Website that Barnacles DOX'd. All signs point to Prusa AND despite my repeated calls for him to disavow such despicable behavior as DOXing Phishing and Character assasination, Prusa remains silent... Unless he's tweeting tinfoil hat memes.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

P.S. Don't forget that I've been criticizing Prusa since 2017. His company was a lot smaller then. He knows who I am. He watches my videos. Like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmOVh6eFh7Zqb6c where I show the video evidence of just how petty he is. Do you really think such an egotist would allow a peon like me to criticize him for 5 years without reprisal?

[@_babyjesus]

You know you're over the target, when you start taking flak.

[@M1America]

Yeah. You are onto something here. I disagree with you about Voron though. I think they are a hivemind full of shills. It shows in their design decisions and in their community. Much of it comes back to Nero specifically. I think that Nero recommended prusa printers so much is because they come stock with all of the features that he would consider bare minimum. The minimum standard for things like his how to print ABS videos and such. And he is not saying it out of pricepoint or comparing it to alternatives. I think he is being lazy and just doesnt want to promote junk on his platform. Prusa is a lot of things, one of them being an order of magnitude overpriced, but it isnt junk. Much of the other printers are absolutely junk. You can't recommend something that requires diving into C code in order to setup a bed probe. Not in a youtube channel directed at a general audience. I'd focus on the open source violations that prusa has done. All he added to slicer was a stupid wizard, and he completely derailed the project and splattered his branding all over it. Makes it an unusable product in my opinion. And you are right that the his business model is a de-railed reprap project. He even tried de-railing thingiverse into his own goofy website. Prusa makes a living by stealing open source, removing their names from the project, and slapping his own on. Be the guy to call him out again when he does it again.

[@jmtx.]

I think you meant if Prusa could actually innovate, they might have something like the Bambu Lab X1. I just keep seeing the same old stuff from Prusa but costing a whole lot more because it's orange.

[@WernerBeroux]

It's simply a new way used for pushing, which they send to creators. They are interested in accounts with subs probably (for multiple reasons). Almost certainly not from Prusa. I'm sure Google is working on fixing that fishing vector.

[@Spartyo]

Answer is No.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

How do you know? Pruse has never publicly condemned such behavior or other cheating attacks against me.

[@Spartyo]

@@DesignPrototypeTest Look, I respect you and enjoy your channel. I agree with you on many things about Prusa. I don't think Prusa himself is settings the dogs on you, nor is he really aware of it. This kinda stuff is offputting to a new viewer. I've been here for a while so I understand it.

[@ralphlongo1975]

I'm quite familiar with this line of stuff happening, it actually goes down in car audio if you would believe that. I also follow politics very closely, these types of tactics happen to make you look crazy so I actually see your response as normal to that type of attack. Which is a sign to me that you're being honest, as much as I don't care about the debate itself. I already thought the Prusa stuff was priced high, the Bamboo Labs X1 shows that to be the case. It looks impressive, very impressive.

[@rukidding7588]

I'm not going to get into the debate about whether or not Prusa, or Joseph Prusa himself, would get involved with trying to sandbag you. What I will say is that I disagree that the Bambu X1 is a Prusa XL killer. It just isn't. I think the X1 is a fine printer: fast, accurate, and relatively affordable. But the multi-color AMS addon is in no way whatsoever even close to being a replacement for a tool changer, and that is what the XL is. If you want true multi-color, multi-material, printing a tool changer is the only way to go. Separate extruders, separate nozzles, and separate configs for each brings things to a different level. Both are good printers, but they serve different market segments.

[@lucasherrera1989]

I have aerospace and mechanical engineering degrees. I also own a Prusa. Did I realize it was overhyped? Yep. Did I do enough research to know just how much? Nope. In retrospect, I would have gone with a different printer. Do I regret my purchase? Nope. I spent more than I should have, but I am happy with the product I have. Only later did I learn about the toxic community that surrounds the Prusa fans. The only community more toxic is the Elon Fanboys. Everything you have encountered and are saying is mirrored by thunderf00t (an Elon Critic). He shows simply how much of what Elon does is overpriced engineering or just flat bad engineering. In some cases they are board-line stealing tax dollars. Both anything Elon and Prusa are overhyped for what they are. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on why both these companies have such similar thick-sculled fanbases. I would also be interested to hear your thoughts on how you feel having purchased a Tesla and your insights into the love-stuck community surrounding Tesla, Space-X, and anything Elon. Both have such a high number of extremist so blinded by the hype that they can't reason logically anymore. Keep up questioning everything!

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I'm in an interesting position. I criticize Prusa but I love Elon. I've listened to Thunderfoot talk about Elon and while he makes some compelling arguements I still tilt in favor of Elon. It basically boils down to this: Elon is trying to fix what is wrong with the world and he delivers. I'm driving a Tesla and I love it. My Mother in Law has Space Internet (Starlink) the rockets reach high earth orbit and then land on their tail and are reusable. It's effing amazing. In 2018 I might have believed that he was just another Delorean, and there will likely come a time when he does fall from grace. Maybe that will be in 100 years when they are knocking down his statues. IDK. Prusa didn't tackle any of the big problem. He just slid into a hole left by the departure of Makerbot and capitalized on it. Pretending to be different but being just as profit motivated as Makerbot. He pretended to develop great tech but he didn't even pay people to develop it. He literally copied DIYers from the Internet. At least Elon gives his Engineers a pay check, and an awesome work environment. Did you know that Tesla and SpaceX are the dream jobs for graduating engineers. If it sucked working there these smart kids would figure it out.

[@lucasherrera1989]

@@DesignPrototypeTest Thank you. I think I better understand your viewpoint and agree with you. However, I think there are some caveats. I believe that Elon is trying to the right thing. But I also know there are a lot of occasions where their marketing department has been extremely misleading or deceitfully. He kinda delivers, sometimes just on technicalities. The list of bad ideas Elon has gotten funding for is very long as I am sure you know. So many unfulfilled promises. However, I know you have had a good experience just like so many people. But I firmly believe that a lot of the bad is pushed under the rug by the cult of Elon and anyone who curses his name is proverbially stoned by over overzealous fans or even a corrupted public relations department. For all I know Elon is really innocent in every way and is only guilty of honest mistakes like we all are. I was in the boat of wanting to work for Space-X as a starry eyed freshmen in college studying Aerospace engineering. I would be lying to say I wouldn't accept a competitive offer from Space-x or Tesla. However, after knowing people that have worked in that type of work, it no longer has the glamor it once had. People (like younger me) dream of working there because of the hype but there is also a reason they leave so often. There is a reason the turn over rate is so high.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Home-run kings are strike-out kings. You have to try to fail. Most people don't try. That's why Elon has found so much opportunity following his formula. Historically nobody else was wiling to fail and that's why he was able to meet the unmet need. It shouldn't be held against him that he is an optimist and wants a better future so much that he is willing to fall on his face publicly and spectacularly. We need more optimists. Not more people saying "It can't be done." There is a place for critics but there is a reason why nobody remembers us. We are just the foil, the mechanism that stresses the thing to see if it is legitimate. Prusa is not. Elon is. Critics aren't necessarily right even though there will always be some degree of truth to what we say. Elon isn't perfect, but I personally don't assess ThunderFoot's criticisms as all that hard hitting when considering the totality of what Elon is. This is "preponderance of the evidence" not "beyond a reasonable doubt." If you saw me run a stop sign one time would you dismiss everything else I have ever done as the actions of a criminal who thinks the rules don't apply to him? Nobody but Elon has done these things. I will be in FULL support of the next guy who shows that he can do similar. Until we have a better option I'm not trying to utter a single word to slow Elon down.

[@lucasherrera1989]

@@DesignPrototypeTest My queasiness is not with his honest mistakes. Failure is part of design. I support, like you, what Elon is trying to do for the big picture. What I do not support, is overconfidence and propaganda that is misleading. The failed promises would not have been failed promises if he had never promised something to begin with. In my work, if I repeatedly suggested ideas as being foolproof and then proceed to fail, I would be fired or not taken seriously. When I propose a solution or product to my company, I am always as transparent as I can be about the limitations and my best guess of failure. Whenever, I propose a project there is always risk involved. Elon has done a very poor job of communicating the difficulties and chance of failures. To an extent, I cannot blame Elon. What incentive does he have to ever criticize his own ideas publicly? Either he has been very ignorant of engineering problems or he is purposefully kept those problems hidden. Either way, it has led to misleading the public. As a result, people have invested in things that if given more transparent information might have realized that the risk was too high. I don't want to hinder anything Elon's trying to do, I would just hope for more transparency. Especially, where government funding and taxpayer dollars are concerned.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

You make good points. I don't want to argue about it. The only thing I will say is a point I've made in the past. What is the difference between creating something from nothing and a lie? The thing doesn't exist. Saying it does exist because you see a path for it's existence to be true it just doesn't exist yet...Well, what if the path get's blocked by the person who said you were lying? They can control the situation to turn you into the liar they said you were the whole time. The way the world work that person who stood in the way of progress stands to gain a lot. I don't support dishonesty, but I do support dreamers who can deliver. I will forgive them for their failures. Especially when part of succeeding is the very important step of getting others to believe in the path forward as you see it. Elon couldn't do these things on his own. Convincing others to make his impossible dreams happen just might be his super power. Isn't that the very thing you are attacking?

[@ralphchurch3900]

Prusa is duche overpriced crap. I havnt seen anything from them that has justified their price.

[@sodahead4108]

Why would Prusa even acknowledge a small content creator let alone tweet bs at you regardless of criticism? Guess I'll get a rat rig instead of an Prusa XL. Although to be fair, before even knowing of you I was looking at the unveiling of the XL and was like, He really is jacking shit and calling it a Prusa. Lmao

[@itzzz01]

That a bold statement with no proof, and you know you can be sued for that. I don't think they will waste their time with someone that don't like their product. I guess you are taking it really personally. If you don't like the product just say it and that's all, move on. You are losing followers because people dont like to watch over and over again you criticizing the same thing over and over.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Which statement?

[@itzzz01]

@@DesignPrototypeTest Saying that they did this and that, you have no proof.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Saying who did what? Who did I say did a thing?

[@tomgrant6563]

@@itzzz01 yes we do.

[@neplatnyudaj110]

Not a fanboy of Prusa, but accusing him of phishing is way out of line. You can say all kind of things about him being egomaniac and his printers being overpriced crap, but this here is a material for lawsuit. I don't doubt some fanboy is behind this, but trying to frame the company is a nonsense. What would they get out of it?

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Then he should publicly disavow such behavior. He is the leader of his fanboys. He has some sort of responsibility for the actions they do to support him.

[@jtjames79]

@@DesignPrototypeTest So you're saying you are willing to take personal responsibility for everything your fans do? You're the leader after all.

[@Dustinspeed1]

@@DesignPrototypeTest He is the leader of his fanboys? Do you even think before you speak? You are a master of driving your fanbase then? Do you have any control over them? Should you be responsible for them?

[@ralphlongo1975]

@@jtjames79 he has told his people not to attack anyone for his videos, all he is wanting is that in return.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

@@jtjames79 I do have some responsibility for what my fans do if they are motivated by me and acting in my interests to help me because they like me. The most powerful form of leadership is to lead by example. Prusa's example is pretty shady. Also, I' have made it clear that I do not condone underhanded cheating attacks to be made against Prusa. Prusa should reciprocate and similarly make a public statement that he does not support all the cheating that is done to hurt me and my channel.

[@sizaint]

You ever hear you catch more flies with honey than vinegar? Or you get back what you put out, almost all your videos are a negative rant stick to design, prototype and testing, make a 2nd channel for political stuff if you like, I like those videos but videos like these just make me want to unsub as it only has to do with you, what do we get out of this video? I own a ender, I really like some of the videos you have done on projects but I'm trying to help you in explaining why some may unsub, push all the haters away, focus on what's good and you will most likely get more subs, but that's just one man's opinion, hope things get better for you whatever you choose to do in life, God bless

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

See you say this but you clicked on this video and not my last video from yesterday. THEN you left a comment. The algorithm feeds you what you want to see. You are yelling at me but this is what you want.

[@jtjames79]

@@DesignPrototypeTest How's that strategy working for CNN lately? Nice of you to admit your motivation though.

[@sizaint]

@@DesignPrototypeTest sorry if you took this as me yelling at you, and I click on channels In my subscription when I have time and whatever seems interesting at the time. I just wish you could focus on doing things you enjoy and putting those videos out, you make some really cool stuff, have some great ideas, but then one's like these just make me feel like I'm watching some TLC show and not a hobby channel. For your own mental health enjoy what you do let the haters hate, if you don't feed the trolls they will move on. But I'm just some dude talking to some dude online we don't know each other, just meant it to be helpful criticism. Hang in there

[@kejar31]

TBH I used to watch your video’s but sadly it seems you have completely gone off the deep end with conspiracies… Your hate for Prusa has misguided you and somewhat turned you into a joke… Please Please stop with this and move on.

[@CrazyT0sser]

this, this channel is nothing about designing prototyping or testing anymore

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

You say this because you didn't click on my last video. Shame on you. The algorithm feeds you what you watch. You clicked on this video instead of the thing that you SAY you want to watch.

[@CrazyT0sser]

@@DesignPrototypeTest that arm is neat and everything, I'm just imagining how much more you could tell bout designing, various paradigms, cool tricks and tips , software, and stuff to be aware about from product designer point of view, instead of whining over prusa.

[@tomekkarnowski3049]

@ Design Prototype Test Do you have any plans to review Bamboo Lab X1?

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I would love to. Just like I would love to review the PrusaXL. I have no need for another 3D printer so unless they send one to me I won't be reviewing either one. There was someone who offered to loan me his PrusaXL when he received it... Yes, if I was handed either or both printers I would review them.

[@seanwood5443]

this stuff is the one of the reasons y i would never buy a prusa that and they are outdated tech sold a at extreme markup like 8 bit motherboards were great like 10 years ago lol theres sooooo much better tech out there that is way more affordable

[@tvathome562]

Watched something similar the other day, you can send invoices, but you can enter your own text, thus fake an email from a 'recognised' email address. The demonstration I saw was asking for a fee.. So please double check emails and please please please antivirus, root kit, spy ware etc.. Because its guaranteed that email contains something.

[@CrazyT0sser]

why are you so obsessed with prusa?

[@jtjames79]

His subscriber count plateaued probably. Now he's going for the controversy numbers. It's either that or he literally needs mental health for the paranoia. Either way, not good.

[@crawlerin]

You receive link from your Google Drive, because the file is probably too large to be sent via e-mail. Google stores it into Google Drive instead and sends you link.

[@dreamcat4]

thank god that most of us who live outside the usa don't read or care about make magazine. it's just fluff the real meat, they good stuff is in specific communities, i.e. each about just 1 thing as for phishing attacks, they are pretty common for lots of youtubers above a certain size / above a number of subscribers. then that pretty much will always make you a target. regardless of what your channel is actually about. but thing that this petty minded behavious reminds me of is with those tesla people... who are much worse than any of that. those guys really are on another level entirely

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Is this like a game of "Find the vegan?" I have a Tesla and an old Lexus SUV. I love them both. Tesla is the future. It's safer, and an entire infrastructure of BEV instead of ICE is better for everyone including the environment. Not breathing exhaust in cities, and not hearing engine noise pollution makes everyone's quality of life go up. Currently Tesla vehicles embody a "Less is More" philosophy. Perhaps to a fault. Even though I am cognizant of the drawbacks I'm in full support of the Tesla future. It's a significant upgrade to our current system in many ways that transcend the automobiles themselves.

[@dreamcat4]

@@DesignPrototypeTest haha. no i don't mean you my friend, was referring to other far more obsessed tesla owners out there, who it would seem do all sorts of rather more extreme and just really bad things online. i was comparing to your deptction of the 'prusa gang' you are referring to here in your video. who follow joseph prusa. what was the other young solar youtuber guy his name i follow... "DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse". that guy posted a video on his channel when he had problems with his brand new tesla Plaid (and he had to return it). However there was basically a lot of really negative and personal comments towards him on his videos. A bit like what you were describing with your Prusa sock puppets farm. So many it was impossible to understand really. Him and Rich Rebuilds youtube channel frequently get an un-ending amount of hatred from Tesla owners who cannot see such alternative point of view. That is what i was referring to (not your own preferences towards tesla, i don't believe you would ever do such sorts of things).

[@dreamcat4]

@@DesignPrototypeTest anyhow my point here was... if you can see the point here. was that i thought maybe it might help not to feel so alone / such a lone target. if you could also see how other youtubers were being targeted in a similar way. it just seemed like the closest thing. and in a similar sense those other youtubers really do not pose any threat to a company like tesla either. but the amount of hatred and negative online social media being thrown at them (for whatever they were saying) is wholely disproportionate. so although they are perhaps much large channels (than your fairly small 3d printing community channel here). i think it still could makes some small help to feel a part of a communitiy of other content creators (as a youtuber). that you are not so completely alone receiving such online hatred. to know that. if you can see the positive upside / what was the intention of my comment. neverminding whether (the subject of contention) is about tesla, or prusa, or something else. was actually besides my point here

[@projectigi]

World is becoming stranger and stranger after 2020

[@Marc-ow3cd]

100% wright on

[@FairFrozen55]

Yeah that Bambo Labs X1 Carbon is looking better than the MK3S+ already, or the XL. I still can't believe it costs like $500 less. I do have to admit, I am a bit skeptical on their restrictions of the printer's functionality to their online cloud service, but they have at least posted replacement parts that are reasonably priced.

[@No0o0o0o0o0]

I have the X1C and you can certainly use it in an offline capacity. You can slice your files onto an SD and print that way. It can take standard gcode or the files taken from bambu slicer (.3MF files)

[@RockFordCademce]

its the same with tesla,apple or anything facebook hyped. if you question build quality in any way the fanboys attack you in weird ways. Always taking focus away from the issue and making people think that you are the problem.

[@ZURAD]

I've been using the Bambu Lab X1. It's really good. The new standard.

[@tomgrant6563]

Keep up the good work. Your vids are great and always interesting. Trying to liken you to that awful tin-foil-hat guy only makes prusa and his fans seem silly. Your ideas may seem 'against the grain' but they are far from conspiracy theory bs. Their comments 'we came here for 3d printer content, not drama!'....so boring. Hopefully they get over it and go enjoy their prusa-sponsored channels with cinematic prusa product placement.

[@moebis]

I am so happy I skipped past Prusa on my 3D printing journey. Read your comments about Elon below and I basically agree with everything you said. But at this point, don't you think Prusa is getting in your head a bit too much? You used to do such cool stuff. I love watching your videos. This drama is just a distraction from the cool engineering and experiments you do. We all subscribe to that content. A friendly suggestion. Create a channel for this kind of discussion (it's still interesting) but mixing it in with your super valuable stuff might detract folks. Design. Prototype. Test... anyways rock on my friend, you're a valuable asset to the 3D printing community, don't waste that big brain on Josef.

[@Antrim3d]

Looks like you've definitely struck the nerves of some thin skinned people. Don't back down now... They do appear to be running scared. 👍🏻

[@buckeye0174]

I only see Bambu Labs having preorders. The X1 does look nice especially when you think of the cost of the Prusa which is like 800, the MMU which is like 300, then an enclosure is another 200-1000. I have a used Prusa I got used for the cost of an ender and enjoy it so far but probably order the x1 next as I get more advanced. interested in your thoughts on other MMU units for beginners. Thanks for the content!

[@ralphlongo1975]

The X1 has started shipping to people that had preorders paid for.

[@ElvIsAlive007]

ya must feel like me with a game called burnout paradise too funny gm zombie demons ,don't fret they took all took there mark of the beast v a x

[@ralphg3315]

Been watching you for a minute and I decided to buy a printer and I bought me a bamboo lab I'm waiting for it now no more tinkering

[@gulag_inmate69]

The bamboo labs is the most inovation we've had in a while the prusa is just a printer with wizards to help you calibrate the bamboo actually just does it all for you

[@M1America]

Except its not. Its a DJI product. They are going to make it a closed source ecosystem. adapt extend extinguish. Remember what happened to 3DR.

[@petermeier3153]

Dont know about Prusas Hardware, but I'm using Prusaslicer and it says "Prusaslicer based on Slic3r" right in the window title. Also the Splashscreen gives credit to the original developer and the reprap community right in the first sentence. Also its opensource and I can use it without ever having paid a single dime to Prusa. Cannot complain about Prusa "stealing".

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

That's because the guy who created Slic3r is a monster in this space. Pusha couldn't get away with stealing this one. But they're literally is not one feature on Prusa printers which was developed in house. All he does is take good ideas and polish them up. Then he puts his name on them. Why did he need to rename Slic3r to Prusa Slicer? The answer is easy. His ego couldn't abide having "Slic3r Prusa Edition" because his name plays a secondary role. Even though it's true that the bulk of the code base was not developed by him or his team. He has to be top billing. His ego will not handle anything less.

[@petermeier3153]

@@DesignPrototypeTest It's more than "Prusa Edition", he put a lot of development work into it and added features. I have a cheap Creality printer and use it for free. Creality on the other hand didnt improve Cura in any way, they basically just took it, renamed it to creality slicer, changed the splash screen and added profiles for their printers.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

If the sales figures that they make public are to be believed Prusa is pulling in 5 million dollars per month. That is so much more than ultimaker makes. Yet ultimaker has Cura. Developed in house from the ground up. There's an implicit subtext to your comments. It's a sort of apologism and justification for Prusa. Why? What makes Prusa so special? He's just a glorified modder. A DIYer who makes millions per month DIYing. With the kind of money he earns, he should be able to employ teams of engineers to generate ideas that we've never seen before. At his level of income, Prusa should be outperforming the DIYs to a laughable degree. Instead, I look at what they come up with and think" I could do that in my shop by myself." If Prusa wanted a slicer he should have programmed one from the ground up. He should not have started with Slic3r an already established highly functional slicer. If it wasn't for my 4 years worth of videos, calling out Prusa for putting his name on everybody else's projects. Do you think for 1 second, he would have hesitated to not acknowledge that slic3r was not originally developed by Prusa? No! He just wants the world to believe that he's some sort of genius that comes up with all this stuff. But he's not. I'll say it again: he doesn't come up with anything, he just adopts it and polishes it.

[@TheOfficialDarkICE]

@@DesignPrototypeTest You really have not idea what you're talking about lol. Prusa also rebuild Slic3r in C++ over the years.

[@shinchin384]

That "community" gets paid. Sick of it for a long time already.

[@TylerLucaS1998]

I'd be happy to take a look at the file for you. I am in the infosec field and have several tools I could use to see what exactly the zip contains/does.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Link in the description.

[@TylerLucaS1998]

@@DesignPrototypeTest I requested access. My email contains my name.

[@danzo5521]

@@TylerLucaS1998 did it ever lead to anything

[@KeesHessels]

Dude, youre the Trump of the printer world.. i guess it pays your bills...

[@adomaspovilianskas317]

I challange you to collaborate with me and make a very good printer more economical and made in 🇺🇸

[@yeroca]

Why wouldn't this be just a typical scammer trying to make money off of you? And you just happened to be one of their hundreds of target creators on KZbin? This kind of engineering of fairly high quality looking phishing is pretty common. I haven't seen this particular one, though.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

This is a viable explanation. The timing is strange. I've never suffered from anything similar to this before. You know what would really clear up the situation? Prusa should publicly condemn cheating attacks against my channel and my person.

[@AgimRamqaj]

I own first generation Ender 3, and have always wanted a Prusa printer just because of the all these comments that it's the 'best' etc etc. But as I'm following your channel also for long long time, only thing I can tell is that even if their price would align with enders or whatever new 3d printers are currently in the game, I wouldn't buy it as it would also go against myself. I don't like people like Prusa (self-righteous, egocentric, and whatever I could think off) and buying such a product would make me supporting them... No way Jose(f)! Matthew (I think that's your name), thank you very much for being you, and the only thing I can tell you is that quality is better than quantity. Your every video is quality video (even this kind of videos, as they tell the truth)... Keep them up, and all the best!

[@AgimRamqaj]

As I read what I wrote, I can't understand a word, but to sum this up, keep up the good work! :)

[@noobsfansub]

I mean, I made a rant when I was a teen against apple because their mac were way too expensive and that pc were cheaper but I never got any acknowledgment from Steve Jobs. I think you should pat yourself in the back.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Stop trying to make Prusa=Apple happen. It's not going to happen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqbFlWCppa2BY5I Josef Prusa couldn't even graduate from some third rate college then he washed up as an EDM DJ before copying the Mendel printer from a Ph.D. student and putting his name on it. Apple (Steve Jobs) and Prusa have absolutely no distinguishing traits in common.

[@fenrir4046]

Prusa is the most evil 3d printing organization. Literally the Apple of 3d printers.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I've got no love for Apple but Prusa is Prusa. Prusa may employ similar tactics. IDK I don't follow Apple. I think comparisons aren't really the best thing. Better just to classify Prusa based on his/their own dirty deeds. Plus, Prusa will never be anything close to his influential or pervasive in society as Apple. The comparison just feeds the out of control ego. Prusa is not that important.

[@chrismorton8412]

i had prusa scam me out of prusameters on printables

[@bobbinferbears]

Hey, what happened to your new prusa video from a few days ago? It disappeared before I could watch it

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn3RiqB9gbOBsMU I made it hidden because Morten Andreasen is real and definitely not a sock puppet. The rest of the video still stands.

[@joell439]

👍😎👍

[@jakeclauson9863]

Wow that's intense. You know he's not above lying about knowing something about your fishing attempt if is involved

[@Dangineering]

Just bought one because my ended 3 is going down hill. I have never paid so much money for something that I had to do so much work to assemble. It’s seems quality, but that’s about all I have to say.

[@doctorrudd156]

Mine came fully assembled. What did you do wrong?

[@Dangineering]

@@doctorrudd156 A Prusa printer won't come assembled unless you pay an additional couple hundred bucks

[@doctorrudd156]

@@Dangineering Yes, thats right, I payed for it. I had an Ender 3 Pro. The time and money for tinkering to get print quality I! like, was worth the markup for MK3S+. I have not enough money to buy cheap products anymore. Btw. I just ordered Bambu Lab X1 Carbon with AMS and preordered a Prusa XL back in November 21. Actual fleet: MK3S+, MK2.5S+, Prusa Mini+, Two Trees Sapphire Plus (will go to trash when XL arrives).

[@kimmotoivanen]

This is just sad. But as conspiracy theorist, you will classify me as Prusateer as well 😁

[@customsolutionsinc]

Prusa is the Bose of 3d printing. I have one its a decent printer but is it as good as the hype No... however every time you mention them in a video you are marketing for them. Build your own, or even a upgrade kit for one you like, or even a prusa... ride his wave. I enjoy the tech side of your vids, however Im not sure what your end goal is? When you "win" and move on? Anyways keep on trudging, with more positive stuff hopefully.

[@CraftedHorror]

Just like I tweeted at Josef Pursa. Let's talk business. I have seen my buddy's printer and it's pretty sick. I personally would like to own a Prusa but I have no loyalty to anyone. On the business aspect, the thing that personally stopped me from being subscribed to you is the level of paranoia I felt from your video. Let's be realistic. There are a number of trolls out there and fanboys that have the ability to do that to you. I just don't on a surface level see why the CEO of a company ever bother to mess with you in that way. Sure people get heated on Twitter and in comments. sending a virus is not only highly illegal but would be extremely damaging to his company image which would put the livelihood of his employees at extreme risk. All of that over a guy making mean videos. Let's get real bud. I don't know you or him from Adam but the psychotic level of self-destructive behavior that would take is just unlikely. Again I don't know you or him and he may be that balls-to-the-wall crazy. If that was the case his employees should find new employment because that ship is about to sink. I just don't think it's logical. Troll hackers online that's more likely.

[@fenrir4046]

You forget that Prusa lives in 3rd world shithole where you can basically buy whatever for money. That's pretty normal soviet behaviour tbh. Not far fetched at all.

[@CraftedHorror]

@@fenrir4046 that's the beautiful part we can all have our own opinions. One of us is wrong and we will likely never know.

[@fenrir4046]

@@CraftedHorror We're literally talking about a JEW from one of the world's corrupted countries. 😂

[@spyder2782]

🙄

[@Jbearzy]

Prusa Is over priced, but they have decent “relentless” marketing.

[@motelgrim]

Because you sent it to youself in email, gmail uses google drive for storage. If you fill up your google drive, you can't receive email any longer. It's a large drive so you aren't likely to fill it with mail so it never happens but thats why it says its from YOUR drive.

[@motelgrim]

I'd be happy to sandbox the file and take a look if you like. I've been in IT for about 30 years now.

[@adomaspovilianskas317]

if we do a good job we can try to deploy the devices in the developing world to produce what they need.

[@echeese63]

If Prusa put half as much of their resources into updating their printers as they do starting sh*t with their detractors, maybe their detractors wouldn't have as much fodder for their detracting lol

[@calvinkattola9999]

Man...I used to like your videos. I still do. But I used to like them as well.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

You got me! Bringing out the Mitch Hedberg I love it! I read the first half of your sentence and got defensive thinking you were just another worship fanboy that I laughed out loud. Thanks for making my morning happy 😊.

[@lukasschworer840]

Its a common phishing attack at the moment. Check out his explenation oft how it works: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2K6mKyIachgaqM Or if you dont want to click on my link, look for "John Hammond; He tried to hack me..." For this reason i dont think this is comming from prusa.

[@PaulDriverPlus]

It was probably via Calendar.

[@bobbydigital9323]

Spends like Prusa is the Apple of 3d printers!

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I've never supported Apple. I have a friend who works there. He's quite high in the org chart. Prusa is nothing like Apple.

[@ka0skontrol504]

Virus scan

[@Skeeters_Lint]

They didn't?

[@mikestewart4752]

I support you bro!

[@jamesrumsey7241]

I'd like to play! Send it my way :)

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Link in description.

[@brustertootwopointo4644]

I almost bought a Prusa for my 1st printer over a year ago but passed because of the price. I can afford it but for what it cost vs what it looks like, I just couldn't justify the money. That was before I even did any research into more than just looks. Now I know that it is really not worth the money based on performance etc. I went with an Ender 3 V2 and had fun modding it and learning about the firmware and all. Now I'm building a Voron and then maybe a RatRig in the future. I have nothing against Prusa, per se, but for what they are, they are way overpriced! I don't mind spending high dollar on quality and I almost always buy quality but Prusa didn't represent that for me at the time. They still don't. I really wanted that $1k bag of gummies though!!!

[@agliacci]

go for the whole voron set, and then start doing a bunch of the modded voron 0s. the dueling zero is one of the coolest open source printers I've seen

[@brustertootwopointo4644]

@@agliacci I just received the LDO 0.1 kit so I have to scale that mountain first. I'm sure once I go down the rabbit hole it will get out of control! lol The Trident looks like my next Voron, I'm thinking. We will see...

[@juanesteban8827]

I agree with everything you have said about Prusa printers and it speaks volumes about a company when they undertake a retaliatory campaign against one man running, with all due respect, a relatively small YT channel. Ingenuity in the 3D printing community, such as Voron project, as well as decreasing costs are the final nail in Prusa's coffin. Like Beta tapes in the 80's, Prusa had their moment but they're being relegated to the island of irrelevancy. It looks like their kicking and screaming the whole way. BTW thank you for not having music in your videos. For me there is nothing worse than clicking on a video to learn something only to find it's nothing more than a hyper edited music video.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

I'd like to meet Josef in person. It's a personal dream of mine.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

He's at all the shows. Go to MWRRF or ERRF or TCT, or the big Maker Fairs.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@@DesignPrototypeTest you forget I'm a hermit who is just getting out of his house now after 6 years Matt. Besides, I just wanna ask him how he finds the time to run a whole industrial plant by himself. I want some of that gogo juice.

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@@DesignPrototypeTest I'd have to drive about 28 hours atraight to the nearest one. I'd rather go knock off a bucket list item like seeing Steve Wilson, Hakken or Between thr Buried and Me play in Quebec than have to suffer looking at certain well known names in the "maker" community for a few days. I do plan to take a fusion 360 course next month after I finish a few others. I feel like a fraud not knowing how to model anything other than something functional. I've raised alot of money for charity with my printers though. I plan on getting a Bambu in a few months, the Canadian website says it should have them for sale by the end of Sept. Anyway I digress as my mental state is questionable in the madness of my ramblings.

[@adomaspovilianskas317]

don't waste your time, focus on printing techniques.

[@urufushinjiro]

Seriously, seek help.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

What do I need help for? I think I'm doing a pretty good job all by myself. Good enough that they tried to stop me by hacking me.

[@urufushinjiro]

@@DesignPrototypeTest the rampant paranoia and pathological narcissism would likely be a good start.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

Do you even know what these words mean? The DSM has clear guidelines for Narcissism. I literally don't want you to know my name. Kind of goes against that. We both know who the real Narcissist is in the situation. I'm not talking about you. This is a classic CHEATING technique from politics. Accuse the other team of what your team is guilty of. Regarding paranoia: There are 5 instances of this Phishing attack that I can find on the internet. It's not widespread. Where is 3DPN's Phishing attack, or Chep's or Modbot's or Tom's or CNC Kitchen's? Where is any other YTer besides Me or John Hammond talking about this hack? Where is Google's official statement on this hack? This is a small-time hack. I was targeted specifically by a human being. WHY? Seriously, what makes me special? (see not a narcissist) The only possible explanation is my continued strong criticism of Prusa. You want me to believe that I'm paranoid then show me how I'm not a member of a very small group targeted in this attack. Show me that this is widespread. BTW I don't get notifications for design.prototype.test on my cellphone. Even if an automated scraper could have gotten that email from my channel the notification and the hack was so much more personalized and targeted. How about this: Let's have a genuine discussion about this. Make a video showing your face and letting me hear your voice. I'll respond to that in all earnestness. You won't do it. You can't step out from the shadows. You are just another faceless coward working for Prusa.

[@urufushinjiro]

@@DesignPrototypeTest hahahaha, f*ck Prusa, I don't give a shit about Prusa, never owned one. My comment is not just about this incident, this is just one more thing in a long line of looney tunes paranoid crap you've put out over the years. Everyone is always out to get you or steal your ideas etc, it's sad really. Your videos on extruder tests were informative, it's too bad your mental issues have gotten in the way of that.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

EDIT: Apparently I do get notifications from design.prototype.test I don't get notified if I receive an email there, but some things will trigger a notification from that source.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Well I was going to buy one of their printers after getting fed up with an ender, but I guess I need to keep looking. Are there any not-shady 3d-printer companies? I feel like the whole goddamn hobby is scammers and frusturated owners of nonworking printers at this point.

[@ShuhDonk]

Get a Prusa clone for less than half the price and are 99 percent the same, runs prusa firmware etc too. Prusa's are not worth the full price they ask for them but they are worth less than half that price imo. They are good feature packed printers but are overpriced.

[@georg6876]

You might wanna look at the Bambu lab X1. I believe they're shipping production units now. The Non Carbon base model is only $999.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

@@ShuhDonk Why would you buy a Prusa clone? Prusa. Printers. Aren't. The. Best. Option.

[@ShuhDonk]

@@DesignPrototypeTest They may not be the best option but out of the box they have all the bells and whistles and they work very well and print great. I have a 3d printing business in which I have used many different types of printers and overall, I prefer the Prusa clones. Like I said I would not pay the price Prusa asks for them, as its way too much but for ~350 dollars for a mk3s is worth it imo.

[@jtjames79]

@@DesignPrototypeTest So instead of suggesting something else you just hate.

[@Schwift3D]

Regardless of whether prusa is behind this scam, it's clear he's not a decent person. Won't go on record to disown harassment sent your way by his fans, making posts to try and discredit you. Never shares Any credit for the work his team did, contributes very little to the mainstream 3D printing community, and is driven by his ego so much he has to constantly remind people HE is above them with his "everyone's a maker.. but only I'm a printer" shirts 👀 I love Tom sanladerer and cnc kitchen... But I hate that they've sold out for prusa..

[@PaulDriverPlus]

All hail the algorithm!!

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

I LOVE Superfast Matt's channel! You've got good taste my friend. Watch a sponsored Prusa video appear on his channel in the near future.

[@SpotterSky]

I have always been impressed by Josef prusa's genius and product, but it seems that his success and fame has gone to his head and unfortunately he has developed a tendency to become power hungry and unfortunate narcissistic traits that have made him evil! :(

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

>Josef prusa's genius and product WHAT? The I3 when it was released was impressive but most of the features turned out to be hype and not actually viable. Look at what it got distilled down into: A 250mmx210mm flex plate heated bed with auto bed leveling and filament runout detection (not jam detection). That's the same as the Chinese printers. What's so genius about that? You honestly think Josef is a genius? What did he do? What can you actually give him credit for? Unequivocally, what can you say is something Josef did and without him it wouldn't be in existence? As far as I can tell he isn't responsible for a single feature on his printer. As far as I've seen, every single innovative thing he has on his machines was an idea someone else came up with that he adopted and then slapped his name on it.

[@SpotterSky]

@@DesignPrototypeTest Hi DPT I believe that Prusa, his machines, featurs and his foresight, means that he combined things that not many other manufacturers and developers have done at the beginning of the 3D world for us consumers! Quality 3d printers, easy maintenance options (among other things STL files that can print spare parts), good user manual and not least the safety devices, are some of the elements Prusa has marketed with his products! I don't have a Prusa machine myself, but via many of the videos I've seen on KZbin, it looks like a good product! Since my dealer does not have Prusa machines in his selection, I have chosen other machines instead, but I would clearly have preferred a Prusa machine as a starting point! The above is an answer to your wonder about my comment about Prusa's genius! What touches me is the attack you have been exposed to, because you have a critical voice and your opinion is important, and there must be room for it! As "neplatny udaj" writes in his comment, I agree, and it gives me speculations whether it could also be some other than fan-boys of Prusa who could think of making such an attack on you, but Prusa opponents like want to discredit Prusa ? It's just speculation!

[@Freddy...Krueger]

@@SpotterSky My missus had an attempted phishing attack via text pretending to be from Apple the other day saying her account had been compromised. She laughed and said wot account, lol? Then she deleted-reported-blocked the number but thinking about it maybe it was that Polish dude or an agent of his. And last week I stubbed my toe so now I'm getting a bit suss and wondering... 🤔🤨

[@anthonyrich1592]

Lol, I didn't even know the Populist Lie video was about Prusa, I must have tuned out before you got around to mentioning him. :) The only interesting things in consumer-level 3D printing any more are people and companies *not* cloning i3 platforms. I'd really like to play with a plybot, not because I think it will be an excellent printer (maybe it will be, but I'm always doubtful about unsupported cantilever elements), but because the kinematics is something new, different and interesting. But, sadly, I'm doubting that anybody but the development team will be getting their hands on plybots. Not even the kickstarter backers.

[@No0o0o0o0o0]

HEY HEY DPT. Did you look at the sender of the email? Occasionally it's from a dummy email address so the phish is easier to spot. I have a Bambu X1Carbon and it is nothing short of amazing so I give to 2 thumbs up. Keep up the great work. I'm slowly working through your back catalog of vids and trying out some mods for my ender too. Keep of the great work.

[@DesignPrototypeTest]

No email. It was just a notification that popped up on my phone.

[@No0o0o0o0o0]

@@DesignPrototypeTest Super creepy because it means it's not random but targeted. Since the file was in a shared folder when it was clicked can you get any info on who placed it there? It might be easier on a pc but if you go to G drive website, "shared with me" then look at the "shared by" and time stamp. It may not be much help because 1000% sure it will be a fake email that leads nowhere.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

That is all it takes. Prusa is dead for me. Thanks for the heads up.

[@kaanmeydan6872]

In the past Prusa was an Idol for me and I think for the most off the Community. 3D Printing is not verry affordable for a Maker in Turkey (1$=18.25TL standard income is about 8000TL). I started with an Tevo Michelangelo in the Time I get hands on an Ender 3Pro. It was always a dream to Have a Prusa but in time there was a big Change in the Community it split into Prusa made and the Other once. Time has Change bur Prusa has made only Upgrades. Now there are options like Voron, RatRig so why spend that Money for an outdated (Only updated) Prusa. Yes, I am a Fan off Open Source but in my Opinion Prusa is not. So, Your Chanel is now one off few English spoken once that is subscribed because I prefer German or Turkish. But the Truth that are spoken by you are Important for the Community in my opinion.

[@markwilliams5654]

Character assassination

[@jonnasanti]

I love your wiev on Prusa, as his printer is an overprices piece of shit! Have never understood why ppl would pay 750$ for a worse printer than the Ender 3 that costs under 200$ :P

[@tomgrant6563]

'well you wouldn't understand because you're not a real maker'. Haha

[@gitss7367]

Trying to learn the in's and out's of 3d printing over the last almost 3 years Prusa supporters have been not overly helpful. They tend to clutter comment discussions with either buy a Prusa or if a Prusa won't do it you don't need it. They are right up there with the "PLA is all you need for any printing application" guys. I am subbed to your channel since I regularly pick up useful bits of knowledge here for the type of printing I do.

[@Skott62]

Not to take sides but Prusa doesn't need to reply to you. As long as he sits back and not officially say anything is better for his position. Not saying its right just saying he doean't need to defend himself. Basically it hurts you more without him saying anything. Just how I see this situation. I am glad to see your channel is growing despite all this.

[@simplegamerz9485]

You know I’m glad this channel exists because you tell us about faults of printers and this allows us to improve the printer and I always thought the more expensive printers are better but that’s not always the case and this is very childish because all you are doing is comparing and showing faults or areas they could improve I really don’t see how you are a bad person and I mean you are showing faults in all printers or parts that’s your channel and pusa is a good printer but I don’t feel like they are the best but this all depends on your point of view keep it up man I love your channel

[@curtistucker7309]

Your giving Prusa too much free advertising. They want you to sound like a crazy person, and the previous video rant showed that it’s working. Strong men don’t tell others how they are wronged, they silently and methodically work behind the scenes so that their opponents are unsure of your strength. To them, it will look like they failed, as you will keep up the barrage of objective opinions that will ultimately make them look bad. Keep up the fight!

[@nullify.]

Bruh. Who hurt you. You really have it out for Prusa. I don't even have a Prusa btw

[@marijuanas]

So I actually have both printers you're talking about in this video. You're right that the Bambu definitely is a better deal for the money, but I still love my prusa too! It's still an extremely reliable printer, I almost never have to do any maintenance on or worry about a print failing. The bambu is also amazing and will absolutely make prusa scramble, but that's exactly what the industry needs. Not sure why you have such an unhealthy vendetta.