[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company
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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.
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I rarely use a printer now that my kids are in college. When it dies, I had a choice between laser printer, Brother inkjet, or none. “None” is now my first choice
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The last step is to put us all in prison and mandate we purchase their product (produced in the prison) from them while earning 69 cents an hour.
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LINE GO UP
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Sounds like another service to reject. Fucking try me, I will cook over a log fire if necessary just out of spite towards their bullshit.
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That's what we did.
For the few pages we need to print, I can use the machine at the library for $0.10/page.
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If you start saving your urine you'll never have to buy filament ever again. Really it's a blessing in disguise.
