For the HN crowd, I'll suggest an AxiDraw over Cricut. Cricut tried adding a subscription fee just for people to continue to use the machines they already bough

For the HN crowd, I'll suggest an AxiDraw over Cricut. Cricut tried adding a subscription fee just for people to continue to use the machines they already bought[1]. It was reversed over public outcry, but the fact stands that they're capable of bricking your machine with a dumb policy decision. The AxiDraw has a high build quality, and you can use their open source software to drive it or other software that uses their published USB spec. EMSL are good people, but even if they weren't, they physically aren't able to remotely brick a machine once they ship it to you. [1] https://www.utahbusiness.com/cricut-announced-a-new-subscription-model%E2%80%95customers-shut-it-down/ https://www.utahbusiness.com/cricut-announced-a-new-subscrip...