Mastodawn

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

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salguod, man 🍂🍁 lazysupper 2d ago

@ildiavolorosso

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

@pluralistic

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Robin Adams 2d 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.

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WesDym

@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.