Comment on Stratasys sues Bambu Lab over patents used widely by consumer 3D printers
fishos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Someone seriously patented purge towers? Ffs, first hearing that 3D printers were shelved for decades because some douchy company camped on the main patent, and now shit like this? Patenting “printing a square tower to accommodate the waste created during filament swaps” is fucking ridiculous. I can’t stand parents anymore. Corporate extortion through and through.
Fuck Stratasys.
I can’t stand parents anymore
Anymore? They are literally government enforced monopolies. Monopolies are always great for that single company and the consumer pays the price.
Their intent to protect the lone inventor from evil corporations hasn’t been relevant at least in our lifetimes - it’s always just corp vs corp.
For awhile I still believed there was a use for creators themselves. It’s basically the only way for an individual to sue a company for stealing their idea. But of course it gets captured by corporations and ruined. But until patents get some serious limits, yeah I’m out. They’re more harm than good, I agree. I just felt the good they were doing still had some merit…
Solution new purge tower is a 3d outline of “fuck stratisis”
That would be a fun swap for the purge code lmao. Free “Fuck Stratasys” keychain with every print. Better than the squiggly “poop” blobs I get now…
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Square tower. Time to make the purge tower a circle
fishos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Or on a Bambu, just do a longer “poop” purge and spit it out the side like they already do. A tower isn’t even necessary on a Bambu. It’s only needed on devices without a purge capability. Literally should be suing anyone but Bambu for that one.