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New legislation could spell the end for the creative open-source community that has grown around 3D printing. From medical equipment to cat toys, we can't let innovation be stifled by state mandated censorware. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

eff.orgPrint Blocking is Anti-Consumer - Permission to Print Part 1When legislators give companies an excuse to write untouchable code, it’s a disaster for everyone. This time, 3D printers are being targeted. Even if you’ve never used one, you’ve benefited from the

5/4/26, 4:48 pm36 reposts104 likes

John S. Erickson

@bitwacker.com

5 Apr

This is very much like HP's eternal battle with 3rd-party inkjet cartridge makers; for at least two decades HP (and likely others) has been building DRM into ink cartridges. Their business is in the "consumables," not the printers themselves.

confuseddistracted.bsky.social

@confuseddistracted.bsky.social

5 Apr

It boggles my mind that people can be against 3D printing guns in the US when there are so lacklustre rules regarding just buying a gun never mind just an unregistered gun off the street. Even pretty well thought out 3D printed firearms are terrible in comparison to what you can get easily.

Ronald Rihoo

@ronaldrihoo.bsky.social

5 Apr

It'll stunt innovation and growth in one of the most useful categories, but not across the whole world... Do these people not realize that the rest of the world exists? I don't know what's going on with this one...