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It centralised investment in the entire manufacturing process: tooling, fac tory, staff, transport, the lot. 3d printing could wipe out the factory, pa id staff, transport & profit for those running the factory. That's most of the costs gone.
click on a product you can see its appearance and see user comments - is i t durable, does it work well, could it be improved etc. So the skill issue is solved, just in a different way. You can choose well designed competent products.
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And it never will. In today's 3d printing only the minority alter designs, mostly products made are copies of existing designs. Roll that out to the m ass market and that pattern continues, with a heavier emphasis on consumeri sm than design.
People already design & let others use their designs for free. Sites hostin g such profit on the sidelines from advertising etc.
ed product, the machine does the rest. Of course that's not how it is today , but there's every reason to believe in perhaps 30 years time 3d printing will be that easy. All the choices are in the files, you need do nothing mo re than dump your household rubbish in the hopper and click on the product that it shows you have the necessary materials and printer abilities for.
Machines in 30 years will be cheaper & much more capable. If say a machine cost 200GBP (250USD) and could make all your household plastic goods includ ing shelves, coffee tables, chairs, bathroom floor tiles & much more, it wo uldn't make financial sense to not buy one. Same as today a car costs more than a horsecart, but no-one would choose a cart over a car, it doesn't mak e economic or practical sense today.
Consumables are mostly household rubbish, so often free. No education is in volved, as I've explained repeatedly.
face it, for all the babble about quality it's price that rules for a high percentage of consumer purchases.
No factories, no staff, no profit, no advertising, no delivery... whatever more do you want?
NT