Someone seriously patented purge towers? Ffs, first hearing that 3D printers were shelved for decades because some douchy company camped on the main patent, and now shit like this? Patenting "printing a square tower to accommodate the waste created during filament swaps" is fucking ridiculous. I can't stand patents anymore. Corporate extortion through and through.
Fuck Stratasys.
Square tower. Time to make the purge tower a circle
Or on a Bambu, just do a longer "poop" purge and spit it out the side like they already do. A tower isn't even necessary. It's only needed on devices without a purge capability. I've printed plenty of multicolored prints without any tower whatsoever on mine. Literally should be suing anyone but Bambu for that one.
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Anymore? They are literally government enforced monopolies. Monopolies are always great for that single company and the consumer pays the price.
Their intent to protect the lone inventor from evil corporations hasn't been relevant at least in our lifetimes - it's always just corp/troll holding the patent.
For awhile I still believed there was a use for creators themselves. It's basically the only way for an individual to sue a company for stealing their idea. But of course it gets captured by corporations and ruined. But until patents get some serious limits, yeah I'm out. They're more harm than good, I agree. I just felt the good they were doing still had some merit....
Solution new purge tower is a 3d outline of "fuck stratisis"
That would be a fun swap for the purge code lmao. Free "Fuck Stratasys" keychain with every print. Better than the squiggly "poop" blobs I get now....
Just a reminder that Stratasys owns Makerbot and Ultimaker, ergo they also own Thingiverse and Cura.
They're trying to claw back monopolistic power over 3D printing after their FDM patents expired, at the expense of hobbyists who just want to make stuff.
Hobbyists should consider carefully who they do business with. If you have any things hosted on Thingiverse, consider removing them and hosting them on a different service that isn't run by a patent troll.
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