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

@ildiavolorosso

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

@pluralistic

@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.

@robinadams

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

@lazysupper @ildiavolorosso @pluralistic

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