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To me, they are worth it if you learn basic CAD. Otherwise you're just going to be printing garbage most of the time.
The fun isn't being able to print, it's being able to say "I want/need thing, I can make thing."
Even if you just learn to open up FreeCAD and attach cubes and cylinders together, you can do a lot.