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Originally Posted by Amar Shah
I guess if it's free it's harder to complain. Even as a donation, though, I'm not impressed. With online activation, proprietary filament cartridges, and recycled plastic greenwashing, it looks like consumer 3D printing is heading down the wrong path.
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Luckily, this is not typical of most consumer 3D printers. If you look at Lulzbot, Ultimaker, Printrbot, SeeMeCNC, you will find some successful companies with great products without all of the proprietary locked down cartridges, web activation, and propaganda. These also let you use any material you want and modify the printer to allow use of even more. My team is utilizing a lot of 3D printed parts made from Nylon 12 that is made 100% from waste nylon from industrial laser sintering printers. We are printing this on a Rostock Max from SeeMeCNC with an E3D hot end.