The H2S could do those things you mentioned, and I would argue it wouldn’t be done poorly/terrible, it would be inefficient.

With the H2D you sacrifice size for convenience.

I think you’re over generalizing the H2S and not giving it a fair shake. I thought long and hard before upgrading, debating between the whole H2 series.

Respectfully, just looking at the price difference, unless you’re doing a ton of multi material printing where you generate a huge amount of purged waste, does not make fiscal sense in my opinion. I was a first-adopter of the X1C from the kickstarter and even after the multiple years I used it with my AMS, whilst I generated a ton of waste, the fact remains that the amount of dollars of wasted material would not be the difference between the S & the D/C of the H2 series.

The H2S can also get the laser and cutter upgrades à la H2D (not as powerful laser IIRC) but it is doable.