I'm not talking specifically about bambu labs here, there's a boatload of other manufacturers that are less nefarious and still deliver printers with feature and performance parity to prusa at less than half. I bought a Qidi Xmax3 brand spanking new for €470, it does the same as the Core One+ L (without the INDX) which costs more than €1900 (I add filtration because the Qidi has that).

I'm aware mine is not as easily repaired (although the full CAD of the gantry is released) but at almost €1500 savings that's kind of OK.