How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware

Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by RossBencina on Friday June 29, 2018 @09:43AM (#17424460)

The point of this article is "making everything ourselves." What you're describing only applies if the traditional manufacturer/sales channel/consumer paradigm is maintained. I'm proposing to think further outside the box than that.

For an example of what is possible: you can buy Arduino clone hardware on eBay direct from China much cheaper than anything from authorised suppliers.

Any successful "making things ourselves" community (consider Pure Data as an example) is self-supporting and doesn't expect support from manufacturers/creators. Similarly, such a community spreads awareness without marketing investment.

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Re:How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware by vortico on Friday June 29, 2018 @07:03PM (#17428502)

You have to buy the aluminum bars, screws, brackets from somewhere. It will always be cheaper for a manufacturer to buy them in bulk at a price much cheaper than you could get them and sell it to you for cheaper than the sum of the parts (at your price).

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