I got my first 3d printer, an MK3S+ a year ago. Pretty late in its lifecycle, but I wanted to spend more time printing than fixing issues.

And it definitely worked! I got the kit and built it within 10h or so (very enjoyable time actually, like building LEGO as a kid) and have printed lots of stuff ever since. During that entire year I only had a clogged extruder one time and had to take that apart a bit. Any other issues I've had were either due to bad filaments or my own errors (not taking long overhangs or low adhesion seriously while slicing).

And all this time I have been using it completely offline with OctoPrint on an RPi.