• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Over time as 3D printers go from tinkerer’s toy to household staple, I’d expect them to become more locked down and anti-consumer.

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      Bambu is working on it already — can’t print unless you’re connected to the internet and send your files through their server, can’t connect to the printer with other slicers besides their slicer.

      They had to walk that back some; there is now a “developer mode” where old standard functionality is still exposed, but they’re clearly working as hard as they can to turn it shitty.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      10 hours ago

      They would have to become sci-fi level capable before they would be considered household staple items.