I personally avoid Bambu like the plage
If you are looking for the same performance and feature set (but not a PR nightmare, and locked eco system) look at Snapmaker U1.
If you wish to not break the bank as much, and just want something more simple and cheaper. I believe Creality still makes decent options.
Prusa is the best, no questions. But they are also the most expensive







For reference, just to show the ‘apple’ factor.
Bambu had “accedently force pushed” an updated to all printers before, that locked them to only able to print with confirmed Bambu Lab filament.
That this is even an option they invested research time into boggles my mind.