▲ 615 ▼ I designed a cardboard cutter that turns boxes into free cat scratchers (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Kickass3DPrints@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments Also good for composting and making room in your recycling bin
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, buying things like clothes patterns and carpentry plans is definitely a thing. An stl is really no different. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago That's a fair point, I guess I think of digital goods in a different context. They definitely deserve compensation for their work, and how they chose to do it is absolutely valid. I think I'm biased toward open source hardware where the labor of creating their digital files is subsidized by selling the physical product instead. I realize that's a risk and takes more effort though, so I totally understand why they didn't do that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kellenoffdagrid@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago That's a fair point, I guess I think of digital goods in a different context. They definitely deserve compensation for their work, and how they chose to do it is absolutely valid. I think I'm biased toward open source hardware where the labor of creating their digital files is subsidized by selling the physical product instead. I realize that's a risk and takes more effort though, so I totally understand why they didn't do that. permalink fedilink source parent
