California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer, but it will hurt innovation in the state and risks a slew of new consumer harms ranging from surveillance to platform lock-in. California must stand with creators and reject this legislation before it’s too late.
  • Boost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Coming back around, this is your original claim.

    that the whole 3D printers are dangerous weapon manufacturing sources is BS. 3D printers, at least those affordable to hobbyists are a damn poor choice for creating fire weapons. Yes, you can print some non-critical parts but that’s about it.

    And now we’re here.

    it is a fairly easy method and can enable cost effective low number production, yes it can. So yes, if you will, then it has made it more accessible for those things.

    So I think I’ve made my point.

    • Jiral@lemmy.orgEnglish
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      2 个月前

      Why are you leaving out a key part of my argument? You know you are still talking to the same person, aren’t you.

      I was talking about a complete functional weapon in the first post. And in the latter I was talking about the easiest to produce parts alone, which could be oriduced even with something like woodworking tools.

      Would you also say that a carpenter can build firearms? Possibly you do, I wouldn’t do that.