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pkvi_apostate on scored.co
1 year ago4 points(+0/-0/+4Score on mirror)1 child
Warranty, mostly.
They are expensive and easily fucked up machines and they make self repair basically impossible, so it was their own way of monitoring and maintaining use. They are basically fire hazards for etsy making soccer moms is how they are pitched.
Meanwhile ayh have had to mod 3 of them over the years bcz they are a shit design but years ago there was few in the game. Alternative was cheap Chinese ones that were high maintenance and even more dangerous :)
That has improved lately. More open sourced machines with better access and software available which ayh hope clean up and bury Glowforge.
Yep. But TBF this Glowforge was free and they are made reasonably well to where unless ayh require some thing more robust, not much point in shaking the boat. Ayh always monitored for hackers trying to create their own firmware. Now with this shit tho.. time for a change.
They are expensive and easily fucked up machines and they make self repair basically impossible, so it was their own way of monitoring and maintaining use. They are basically fire hazards for etsy making soccer moms is how they are pitched.
Meanwhile ayh have had to mod 3 of them over the years bcz they are a shit design but years ago there was few in the game. Alternative was cheap Chinese ones that were high maintenance and even more dangerous :)
That has improved lately. More open sourced machines with better access and software available which ayh hope clean up and bury Glowforge.