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California Passes Backdoor Bill to Control the 3D Printing Hobby and Spy on Small Designers, Prototypers, and Hobbyists (www.techspot.com)
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This first bill allows the state of California to regulate and oversee all 3D prints in the name of public safety.

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[–] 62 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Good luck. Tough to pick a more DIY-oriented bunch of hobbyists who would rather build their own hardware and compile their own software over allowing their printer to narc on them to the government.

RepRap 2: Countersurveillance Boogaloo, launching soon.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I am feeling bad for all the people that bought Bambu.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They’ve been obviously shitty and evil for a long time to anybody who cared to do even 5 seconds of research.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Truth. Unfortunately, so many people don't do 5 seconds of research unless you count "I've seen basically every youtuber that 3d prints talking about how awesome this one is" as research.

    I wish more people would see that a company being a sponsor everywhere or a product being advertised A LOT is a huge red flag and probably not where you should spend your money. I'm basically at the point that I don't trust anything I see ads for at all - oh, you are wasting a ton of money on advertising? Your product is either markedly worse than the competition who isn't wasting that money, or you have the same product and are way more expensive. Either way, that's bad.

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