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Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (4 children)

โ€œletโ€ me? ๐Ÿคจ

[โ€“] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 42 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Some people seem to be taking it a little more confrontationally than seems necessary.

Think "let" as in "facilitate" rather than "permit". A step stool let's you reach a high shelf, but you don't need to ask it for permission.

They're providing 3d models they've done basic quality control on for some components of some devices.

It's 100% a sales tactic to increase their perceived value by creating the impression that repairs will be easier and so the thing will last longer. It just happens to be that the easiest way to do that is to actually do it.

[โ€“] entwine413@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And it should be super low effort. I'm sure they already have 3d models of everything, so generating an STL should be like a 3 click process.

[โ€“] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Yup. Even easier, since a lot of the part modeling tools used by professionals use file formats that other modeling tools speak. AutoCAD is so pervasive that everyone speaks their format.

The trickiest part is inevitably the "are we knowingly giving people something that's unsafe when 3d printed" that they need to do for liability.
Basically everywhere there's a degree of "as a manufacturer of hygiene products you should reasonably catch risks that consumers wouldn't, and not provide them".

I'd bet there's a handful of people putting together some nice and proper reports explaining that while skin flakes, oils and bacteria can get trapped in the layer gaps and lead to bacteria growth, reasonable cleaning would offset any possible issues. Basic ass covering.

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