Comment on The destruction of 3D printing: Bloomberg is behind it

• Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re probably gonna try making the slicer send the print to a central server (based on what I was hearing about the California law), so while making a printer from a kit (like a Voron) isn’t a bad idea, they’re probably gonna try to aim for the software side. The whole thing is so dumb.

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  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Proposal, all FOSS slicers come with a secondary download with a disclaimer like:

    THIS ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE IS definitely not SPYWARE MANDATED BY THE US GOVERNMENT. For residents of XYZ jurisdiction you are “required” to copy this file to your slicer/snitchoneverythingyoudo folder. If you DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS SOFTWARE, your slicer will not be able to report your activities to the government. You have been warned.

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Prusa already does this if you let it. I have been doing it because its a convenient feature, but now Im definitely going back to the old way

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So airgap an older version of Klipper…

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    • Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For the printer side, sure. But if they start declaring slicers that aren’t phoning to a govt server illegal… they’ll be slightly harder to find and install. Which is just why this is soo stupid. Not only is it very hard to enforce, phoning models into a central server and expecting it to know what models contain parts for a gun or the like isn’t really possible (you could maybe make some AI to intuit a bit, but it would probably suck at actually figuring out if a print is dangerous or not).

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