JWM (Joe No Se)2d ago

These laws are absurd, forcing 3D printer manufacturers to literally implement the plainer of @pluralistic ’s #unauthorizedbread

Manufacturers have plenty of incentive to enshittify their products without states forcing them to.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/print-blocking-wont-work-permission-print-part-2

Print Blocking Won't Work - Permission to Print Part 2

Legislators across the U.S. are proposing laws to force “blueprint blockers” on 3D printers sold in their states. This mandated censorware is doomed to fail for its intended purpose, but will still manage to hurt the professional and hobbyist communities relying on these tools.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadsalguod, man 🍂🍁 lazysupper

@ildiavolorosso

Only in America can printer laws be stricter than actual gun laws.

@pluralistic

Apr 3 at 9:41amWeb
Show threadRobin Adams1d ago
@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic Well, yeah. The freedom to own arms is so important they made it the second amendment. If the freedom to print stuff was so important they would have made it, like, the first.
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/him1d ago

@robinadams @lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic

That is a very slick joke, well done

Show threadWesDym1d ago

@robinadams 2A is misunderstood by nearly everyone, including the majority of our federal justices (who are not historians, and didn't bother to consult any).

It was never intended to confer a personal and individual "freedom to own arms". Our Framers would find our modern interpretation INSANE, and they'd be right to think that.

Show threadWesDym1d ago
@robinadams Separately, the use of "print" here is misapplied, and irrelevant to 1A. 1A is about media, not manufacturing. That a device we consider to be similar to a printer is used in 3D 'printing' does not confer 1A principles upon it.
Show threaditgrrl 1d ago

@wesdym @robinadams

counterpoint: 💁‍♀️

Show threadEric Lawton1d ago

@robinadams

I look forward to the SCOTUS case on applying 1A to 3D printers.

@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic

Show threadJWM (Joe No Se)1d ago

@EricLawton @robinadams @lazysupper @pluralistic I suppose that begs the question of "WHICH Supreme Court?"

Why do I have a sneaking feeling that the current court would find an intellectually-tortured way to keep the enshittifying law on the books in the name of corporate free speech?

Show threaditgrrl 1d ago

@EricLawton @robinadams @lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic

“Exhibit A, Your Honour”

https://infosec.exchange/@itgrrl/116341560823129177

itgrrl :donor: (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images @[email protected] @[email protected] counterpoint: 💁‍♀️

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Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE1d ago
@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic Seems blindingly obvious to me - if people can print their own guns there's no money going to the gun manufacturers, so clearly this has to be stopped.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE1d ago
@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic Having said which, it is widely rumoured that printers and photocopiers will refuse to print banknotes.
Show threadAllpoints1d ago

@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic the people pushing those laws are the same people trying to ban guns. There is even a bill in New York state to require a background check before someone can buy a 3d printer. It won't pass but they'll waste time proposing it.

One of the reasons we have problems with people getting hurt with firearms in this country is we have politicians who are more interested in political theater than actually dealing with issues.

Show threadsalguod, man 🍂🍁 lazysupper1d ago
@allpoints
I reckon they'll have an easier time passing printer laws than gun laws.
@ildiavolorosso @pluralistic
Show threadJWM (Joe No Se)1d ago
@lazysupper @allpoints @pluralistic If 3D printing unauthorized bread is outlaws, then only outlaws will be able to print unauthorized bread :)
Show threadPhil Thane ✅1d ago
@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic Freedom to buy from a corporation that donates to NRA and to politicians outweighs the freedom to make stuff yourself. And like DCMA and DRM corporations will find ways and compliant politicians to make it screw the the rest of us too. Make America Go Away.