I think around 2016 with the end of the Mk2/start of the Mk3 is when they really came into their own. Ultimaker, from my understanding, was always a business/in

I think around 2016 with the end of the Mk2/start of the Mk3 is when they really came into their own. Ultimaker, from my understanding, was always a business/institutional aligned company and only popular in the more well-heeled hobbyist circles, and while Lulzbot was popular they didn't offer much that Prusa didn't and had to compete on price, which meant they suffered the same fate as every other American manufacturer: Lose to Eastern Europe and Asia.