Comment on Etsy cracks down on 3D printed products — new rules exclude many 3D printed items from listings

• monkeyman512@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I assume that is about hitting duplicate items. If there are 100 people selling the EXACT same dragon, hit them all and sort out the details later.

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  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That doesn’t really answer the question and also introduces issues with situations like Bambu’s Creator’s Program (or whatever it’s called) where you can pay the model creator for the rights to sell the item. I don’t see why they need to target 3D prints specifically when Etsy is absolutely chock full of similar duplicates in other mediums. They’re just going to drive people away to a new site, which is fine I suppose, but seems incredibly short sighted.

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    • tischbier@feddit.org ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, I agree with your take. I can see why people are annoyed with the eggs and dragons cluttering the shops.

      But that being said— Most of the models I’ve seen are ones you can pay the creator for a license to print and sell it for a profit. It’s pretty easy to find that kind of deal and the contract is explicit in their listing. So, the original designers will be losing business too since they bank off of making cute model files and collect passive income from people who want to print and sell the item.

      Considering how much crap is on Etsy, maybe I’m missing something, but I am not sure why the crack down now—and on 3D prints of all things.

      I actually think 3D printers at home will end up replacing a lot of things that used to be shipped from China. I’m already seeing the edges of this but time will tell if that trend keeps going that way. But I 3D print so, I notice functional things I can make all the time.

      I think you make a good point—I wonder what site they’ll jump to?

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