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I don't agree that PrusaSlicer should've been closed source. Would PrusaSlicer be so good if it didn't have so many open source contributors? I think not. Prusa was able to leverage community development capacity and can then focus more on the overall printing experience, and I think they have mostly done that. Prusa is in the business of selling hardware, not software.
The github issue on it is worth reading to see just how poorly Prusa have handles this: https://github.com/prusa3d/Prusa-Firmware-Buddy/issues/677