My guess would be that, like other 80s properties, many of the first generation of fans have now grown into adults with disposable incomes. I know thats the case with me and my circle.
I tend to agree. I've built a Prusa previously and my P1S is just so much more reliable, it's the first printer I've been able to recommend to friends and colleagues who I wouldn't expect to enjoy tinkering with a printer but would enjoy printing.
I have simply not had a failed print, it's incredible. I have so much confidence in the unit that I now keep two rolls of the same colour loaded and if I find a cool model while out and about, I just print it with full trust it'll be waiting for me by the time I get home. Amazing progress.
Currently, LAN mode and local SD card printing does not require an internet connection. I have my printer in a bottom of the yard bungalow, without internet, and it works fine.
While the impact on Jewish individuals was the same, it's true that Nazi style antisemitism focused on them as a racial group (Their ancestry), whereas previously they were targeted as a faith group (What they believed).
Your example of the Pale actually makes the point; Converting to Russian Orthodox actually released you from the rules imposed on Jews within the Pale. Conversion wouldn't save you from Nazis.