But surely, a 3D printer could/can. It’s just that the software that runs on it shouldn’t have shit security.

It shouldn’t be be required to use a cloud service in order to use a piece of hardware that you bought and paid for.

I’m disturbed seeing so many of the new consumer targeted 3D printers (and so many other products) going in the “cloud required” direction.

shouldn’t be be required to use a cloud service in order to use a piece of hardware that you bought and paid for.

of course. I didn’t really insinuate that it should.

I wasn’t disagreeing with you.