3DPrinting

No, they won't. Some will. Most won't. Ring cameras still overtake the market. Windows still overtakes the market. Amazon Alexa still overtakes the market. People, en large, don't gaf about privacy. I wish they did.

Then they'll make owning an unregistered 3D printer a felony.

Lmao no they fucking won’t. I mean maybe like 0.5% of consumers, or less, will. Some number that pales in comparison to the amount that just buy a bambu because “it’s just easier, FOSS needs to get on usability and make it so that it just works 🤷‍♀️” while failing to see that their utter laziness and incompetence to solve even the mildest of problems and expecting everything to “just work” in exchange for money always means trading their rights and privacy away.

Look at the people that complain about jellyfin but then also complain about plex becoming increasingly hostile. Look at the people complaining about Linux but also whining about windows descent into madness. Etc etc. and in cases like this the buy in cost is nothing but your time! You think the average consumer, who openly invites corporations to fuck them, is gonna be like “hmm I’m gonna spend money to build a solution.”

No goddamn way. They’re gonna bitch about the legislation, they’re gonna bitch about how things got this way, then they’re gonna give bambu and anycubic and Microsoft and openai and Google and apple etc etc all their money. They’ll probably sign up for subscriptions with each company

When was the last time a legislator understood the legislation they were passing?

it is, and they don't understand that the hardware on a 3d printer isn't capable of analyzing what it's about to print like that, it's not even close. People average laptop couldn't even analyze a random part and give a reasonable estimate of how likely it is a gun part unless it's an exact match, but if you tweak 1 thing it would be lost.

I don't think these lawmakers have any clue how anything works. 3d modeling, slicing, and firmware would all have to have spyware in it and be uploading data to the cloud to be analyzed for this to be remotely possible. Not only is that financially impractical, it's logistically impossible.

Or if I have a printer now and don't update it.

It always is. Always blanket laws that cover so many legal things to get normal law abiding citizens in a bind.

For a printer to be compliant, it mustn't be possible to bypass the restrictions. So your printer might not even be legal if it allows you to flash custom firmware.

identify and reject print requests for firearms or illegal firearm parts with a high degree of reliability and cannot be overridden or otherwise defeated by a user with significant technical skill.

And really, the politicians are fine with that. The goal isn't the complete elimination of 3D printed ghost guns. The goal is to greatly increase the skill level required to print a 3D printed ghost gun. With relatively modest tools and enough skill, you can machine your own gun from scratch in your garage. Yet the barrier to entry is so high that few who seek guns for evil ends use these methods. A random street drug dealer might find the idea of printing a gun at the push of a button very tempting. But they are unlikely to find the idea of building a machine shop and learning machining appealing or practical. Or in your case, learning all about open source 3D printers and their software. Yours is just the 3D printer equivalent of the home gunsmith. Yes, you and people like you exist. But the politicians aren't aiming for complete elimination, just vast reduction.

Accessibility matters. It's why the printing press was such a big deal.

Get on the ground, hands behind your back! Bang bang bang bang bang!

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People who can't imagine that should try buying a non-smart TV. It's fucking impossible, unless 24-32 inch are enough for you (PC monitor size).