3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or !functionalprint@fedia.io
There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml
Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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I'm infuriated by this change, but I'm also frustrated because they really are very good printers. There's a reason so many people bought them and they became so popular, they are very very good.
But this change is utter bullshit, I won't be upgrading my firmware any time soon.
As Rossman points out, they said they'll stop you from printing if you don't upgrade your firmware.
It's insane.
They can fucking try.
I'm curious: what will you do then?
It's already possible to make the printer work entirely offline but even if by some stroke they were able to disable them anyway, I'd sell it in a heartbeat.
No, they didn't. They explicitly said that you're free to not upgrade for now in the announcement.
They have a section in their TOS that says they can block you from using the printer if you don't upgrade, which sucks, but that is a generic clause, doesn't mean they'll make use of that here, and from their communication I don't suspect they will, at least for the time being.