[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company
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Thanks for the link.
Looks like not really closed-source, but not fully open as the previous printers were.
And the reasoning is the usual, other companies stealing their designs.
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sorry maybe I missed a memo, people are still printing things.. like, on paper?
I personally don’t, on the off chance I do need to print something I do it at work.
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Great, brother are the only ones I'll still buy.
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So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata
I trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.
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Now i had to put on the in-ears, hook up to phone to.... listen to a guy talking. -_-
Click the wiki link
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Seriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?
Yeah, with the Vault 7 releases and recent leaks showing NSA follows homeless people's connections (who tend to hang out at libraries due to a lack of 3rd spaces), I don't doubt there's specific tracking, malware and other unwanted software at libraries. I don't have any sources of this, but it wouldn't surprise me
Maybe I'm overly parandoid because ::gestures at everything::
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When I saw this title. I thought another YouTube hardware advocate turned their back on Louis and started an anti-consumer group to fight off policy debate that Louis does. My brain is wild.
Same but I thought Louis had a brother who became evil for some reason
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Same but I thought Louis had a brother who became evil for some reason
Me too! I was like. Who is this brother? How have we not met him!
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Man I've had a brother printer so long because of their Linux support this is so annoying
good news is modern Linux has great support for printers
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Over time as 3D printers go from tinkerer's toy to household staple, I'd expect them to become more locked down and anti-consumer.
Makers by Cory Doctorow is a great novel that explores exactly this.
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