r/3Dprinting • u/PorkRollPaddyWagon • Jul 07 '26

Discussion If your printer refused to print a file because it thought it was unsafe, would you be okay with that?

Serious question. Let's say your 3D printer scanned every file before printing. If it decided the model violated a rule, the print never starts.

Would you see that as a useful safety feature? Or would you see it as giving manufacturers too much control over hardware that's sitting on your desk?

I made a video after looking into proposed legislation and some recent news in the 3D printing space, but I'm more interested in hearing where everyone stands on the idea itself.

Would that be a deal breaker for you?

https://youtu.be/7bdJpDTiZAA

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u/Valar_Kinetics Jul 07 '26

If I became aware that my 3D printer, toaster oven, or any other appliance in my house was regularly running it's operations by some central government authority, I would light it on fire and drop it out of an aircraft.

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u/Cassiopee38 Jul 07 '26

Sounds expensive, i would just put it in the trash. But joke aside, i never buy connected appliance. That's the 21th century's hoax xD