Rui Carmo
Josef Prusa dissects the current state of open hardware in desktop 3D printing in blunt terms (and yes, the headline really tells you everything). As someone who got into it back in the early, heady days of Maker Faires, this was a sobering read.
He walks through how a once-vibrant scene has been stifled by a flood of patent filings since 2020, and it’s rather ironic (even if you have been in the tech game long enough) that an industry built on sharing ideas is now toothlessly battling a patent minefield.
Pragmatically, and although there will likely always be a post-market or DIY angle, I think the mainstream of 3D printing is now squarely about selling semi-closed appliances–and I might be getting one myself.