I respect that point of view. But to me, it being easily hackable and lacking the surveillance features of all other modern printers[0] is still a strong selling point and I hope for the project to succeed.
And that's entirely fine; it can a positive thing without being open-source. An institution can be a positive thing without being democratic. A food can be delicious without being a meat.
[0] https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-d...