[Louis Rossmann] Brother turns heel & becomes anti-consumer printer company
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I'm glad there's a printer service close to where I live, I can go there and print every page for cents. There's also one on my faculty, more expensive, but still affordable. I only use my HP printer/scanner to scan documents, ink is expensive as hell.
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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.
I actually bought an old used Brother printer for $20, and it came with toner and everything already, so since I do not print a lot, my only recurring fee is paper and it is miniscule. And should I need to replace the toner, it is still widely available.
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By my count, it's been tried twice.
Makerbot after the Stratasys buyout.
There were a bunch of companies that tried right after the FDM patents expired in 2009. Most of them were completely forgotten or ignored because they were closed source (and more importantly closed material) companies and never got very far off the starting blocks.
Bamboo learned from them and decided to pull the rug out after getting a foothold with finally selling decent prebuilt hardware for less than a fortune (see Ultimaker before buying out MakerBot at least).
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What is that even supposed to mean?
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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.
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People that Weasle their way up the corporate ladder have been prefectly groomed to have no shame.
and to be as amoral as possible.
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Framework printer.
Make it happen.
sorry maybe I missed a memo, people are still printing things.. like, on paper?
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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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