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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

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There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the ma…
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    What they want is not about guns. It’s about checking all your prints to make sure you are not printing something you can buy retail, or an overpriced plastic appliance part.

    Fuck BAMBU labs, let’s get back to air gapped printers.

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      Prusa actually sells an official airgapped Core One for Critical Infrastructure.

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        “request a quote”

        Ya I’m gonna say that’s a $2500+ printer

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          It is, but the reason for not showing the price is because it’s tailored to customer security requirements.
          Retail is $2K, and there’s a lot more that goes into the crit infra edition, as well as paperwork and accreditations.

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            I’m not saying it’s not worth the price, just that it’s not a ready made replacement for the average consumer.

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      Nah, if you’re right, you should also ban the sale of any type of bench milling machine (manual or CNC): anything I can 3D print, I can probably mill just as easily

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      laughs in PRUSA

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      Errm read the article and don’t see any mention of Bambu - what did they do ?

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        https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/bambu-labs-firmware-update-controversy/

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      Well to be fair as a REALLY big fan of 3dprinting bambulab printers are extremely reliable.But… Yeah no one need to know who I am and what I print

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