California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/27/californias-3d-printer-law-would-criminalize-open-source-enshittify-the-3d-printing-space/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/116427807410493158

#NewYork proposed 2026-2027 #Budget currently includes provisions that will require all #3DPrinters sold in the state to run #Print-Blocking #Censorware — software that surveils every print for forbidden designs. This policy would also create felony charges for possessing or sharing certain design files. The vote on the state budget could happen as early as next week, so New Yorkers need to act fast and demand that their Assemblymembers and Senators strip this provision from the budget.

Well, the Prusa MK2 w/ MMU1 officially works.

(It's a waste to print something this tiny using a MMU, but I wanted to quickly try the thing out.)

#3DPrinting #3DPrinters #repair

Outlawing #3Dprinters is not about #guns. It is about removing our right to #build and #repair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83wS4ax2gLs

#RightToRepair

I remember when my sister and me were in early elementary school... Kids with great imagination. We talked about the best Christmas gift and concluded we want "liquid plastic to make #toys of it".

Well, years later #3Dprinters became a thing. And few years ago I even use one. So were we prophets? 

I'm kind of sad I am not a kid in current time, at least until I think about more dystopian today things.

#3Dprinting