If my 3D printer has a problem, it's not working properly.

When my 2D printer throws a fit, it's because it's doing its job of being a vicious piece of shit perfectly.

Important difference.

The thing is, we definitely could have 100% reliable printers with good reparabilty, but capitalism gotta capitalism

we have nailed 2D printers. enshittification in the name of profits ruined them. i recommed epson eco-tank printers by the way. no subscription and one 10€ bottle lasts for hundreds of pages.

It's funny because 3d printers are cheaper to purchase, maintain, and supply for

With how much more reliable and easy to use 3d printers are, I'm saying we need to move on to 4d printers

Actually, the problem isn't that we haven't nailed 2D printers. The problem is we have. Which is why they have to do artificial bullshit like the LOW CYAN thing to make money selling you ink that you do not actually need.

And I'm over here, with a laser printer, laughing at everyone's "printer not working" issues. Hasn't let me down ever and is a speed demon.

The problem is we deliberately make everything wrong so that it breaks. You can't buy a good product once capitalism gets into full swing, because everything that justified its existence was a lie and the only thing that matters is money - not the world, not the people, just this fake paper bullshit that isn't really worth anything and is just a status symbol that allows you to buy more status symbols.

When most people use the word removedry, this is the sort of thing they're describing, not gay people. The word was evolving in this direction before everyone decided to pull a "satanic panic" on it.

edit: lmfao the word is autoremoved, case in point. why we doin so much censorship here? reddit is not a model to follow

My 3D printer works better than my 2D printer

In my 10 years of being a High School Robotics teacher i find that my group has less problems with the 3d printers than the 2d printers.

Colour laser printers have been around for long enough that they're a decent value. If you buy cheap HP inkjet slop, don't blame capitalism when they try to wring you for more money

The irony is that making an Open Source 3D Printer is far more accessible and affordable than making an Open Source 2D printer.

I wonder how right-to-repair will change the printer market.

No, 2d printer tech is fine. It's the ink scam cycle for them that are the problem. There's literally no functional reason they couldn't all use the exact same few cartridges. Capitalism ruins everything.

Capitalism RUINED the printer

we should have stopped making new printers after the HP LaserJet 4, it's all been downhill since then

Resin printers are the laser printers (in a few cases, literally) of the 3D world.

Filament are the inkjets, super likely for something to go horribly wrong because of a tiny miscalculation.

"Let's add one more D, that'll fix all the reliability issues!"

cyan low sweet chariot

Carmack, drop that Meta already, it's time for a 2,5D printer!