[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company
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Exactly. The way to make money pre-Internet was "generate repeat business" and the way to do that was to create a product and service the customer was happy with.
The way to make money now is to get the customer trapped, then pump them as hard as possible.
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I used to work for canon as a service tech. They are a wildly scummy company that routinely goes out of their way to fuck over their employees and customers.
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I've had an Epson Ecotank for the last couple years and I have no complaints. I just refilled my black ink and it was $11 for 9 oz., which should last me years (but I don't print that often).
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Honestly, more people should probably do that. If you have a low printing volume, you'll save a lot of money by going to a store to get prints.
Yes, you can argue that you need the convenience of having a printer right there. Just realize you're spending a lot of extra money for that convenience.
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AR15 lower receiver model. You can buy a kit that's 85% of the way to done and only needs basic tools from there.
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Sad to hear Louis is having family issues
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There are some projects out there that do the entire frame. Steppers, hotend, and control boards are out of reach. There's some hypothetical ways you could do it, but it'd be far more expensive than buying off the shelf stuff and probably get worse results. Even the frames tend to take a lot of filament.
It's more of a nice idea than something practical.
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They're actually behind. 3D printers are a much newer industry. Most industries start out super open, competitive and collaborative. This speeds up development to consumer-grade products. Eventually one or two companies gain sufficient marketshare to start enforcing anti-consumer shitfuckery. Look at the recent drama with Bambu printers and you'll find that's exactly what's happening. It's a tale as old as time.
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dude I would pay gold for that
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Enshitification is the word of this century
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Of this species.
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Has anyone figured out how to 3d print a 2d printer yet?
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It's just capitalism. Don't make it more then what it is.
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Future for us: service bundling so you need to pay for shit services you don't need to get the few you do need.
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I don't think I'm making it more than it is. Just can't believe the God-damned Russians got to Brother, too.
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yeah let's build "ghost printers" wait are we in a cyberpunk dystopia?!
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People that Weasle their way up the corporate ladder have been prefectly groomed to have no shame.
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The consumer getting a product is just a byproduct of generating profits.
