False dichotomy. There are plenty of printers that are pro-sumer and also have great documentation and are easy to use and maintain.
Comment on The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?
EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml 3 months ago[deleted]
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 months ago
EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
[deleted]Ulrich@feddit.org 3 months ago
I could but I’m going to assume that you already know and will simply disagree.
SoulWager@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Open source is a major boon for process automation in a print farm. I also wouldn’t trust ANY cloud platform with anything remotely sensitive, like product development prototypes.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This. The proprietary 3d printers arent the “enshitification” of 3d printers, they’re what’s finally going to make them go “mainstream”.
Tech people need to remember how deep into these hobbies we really are, especially compared to “normies”.
Its like with computers, people go “oh well you can get a better bang for your buck on your memory by not going with apple!”. Which sounds great and everything until you remember that people don’t know what memory is or what it does, let alone how to buy new memory, or how to disassemble a computer, or where the memory goes, or even why more memory can be good for you.
I compare it to fabric crafts because I don’t know shit about them. I know (well, think) fabric is sold in bolts and that’s about it. Hell I don’t even know how much a bolt is, and we haven’t even gotten to the different types of fabrics or ways to utilize them.
The vast majority of people don’t want a 3d printer hobby, they just want to 3d print stuff. And the Bambu printers are as close to that as I’ve seen so far.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Exactly, I like to design things and be able to manufacture them at home. I have absolutely no interest in thinkering with hardware (especially dangerous one like a 3D printer)
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Incoming fabric nerd. Bolts are like the spool when you buy filament, they come in different styles, but its typically just a bit of cardboard the fabric is wrapped around for storage. Fabric is typically sold by the linear yard, and if you buy a full bolt, they tell you how many yards of fabric it has on it. Common sizes are 12yd bolts, 24yd bolts, and 30yd bolts.