Re:I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens
by shepherdjerred on Sunday July 19, 2026 @04:44PM
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Sorry I am not saying that X technology is not important, transformative, etc.
I am saying that the average person is going to want to just have things that work. They are not going to want to have a hobby of using X technology.
It doesn't matter how much you lower the barrier to entry on making apps, websites, games, whatever. Most people are just going to want something that is ready and off-the-shelf.
I mean, why do people pick an iPhone over a cheaper Android even if they are functionally similar? Aside from the (valid) green-bubble/social aspect, it's a much more polished product.
Desktop 3D printers are tools; I know many people using them to support their making. And they've utterly changed manufacturing on another level (simply because of their ability to surface a prototype).
It will get better and better and better and still never replace mass production, but mass production will be changed by it.
Not least because of the fundamental shift in availability of the tools to make tools. The productised desktop CNC market is wild and it owes almost its entire existence to the change in the market driven by 3D printing.