Comment on The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?

Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Despite this, they still receive glowing reviews, even from tech-savvy communities.

I mean, most people don’t care. How often do you see mainstream smartphone reviewers making a single mention of the insane amount of bloatware and spyware on phones, or calling out Apple for their unrepairable devices? Shit just blows over eventually and consumers accept it for what it is. 3D printers are not exempt from this mentality.

Jeff Geerling made a video today about how he bought a dishwasher that was top-rated by RTINGS with no mention of the fact that in order to actually use it, you have to connect it to the app, create an account, and connects it to them OEM’s cloud.

Several years ago I bought a DJI action cam and it was the same thing. You can’t do jack shit with it without connecting it to an app and creating an account. I watched dozens of reviews and this was never mentioned.

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