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Philips will let you fix your trimmer with 3D printable parts and accessories (www.theverge.com)

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[-] [email protected] 34 points 4 weeks ago

“let” me? 🤨

[-] [email protected] 42 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks 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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Supports you by supplying you with 3d plans via thing verse.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago

I don't know why Philips gets all this attention when there are 39 other companies at printables who offer way more useful "official" parts

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Because Philips is by far the biggest company on that list, so it's significant.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Sorry, but there are bigger companies on that list. Henkel for example. Skoda is also not a small company by any means.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I guess you're right. Henkel is a bit bigger and older. I honestly never heard of them, while Philips is very much on people's minds around the world.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

TIL, thank you!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Mieles borehole cleaner should be part if every diy kit, so useful

[-] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

No they don’t. The made 1 (ONE!!) part publicly available and the media is eating it up and giving them free advertising.

It is frustrating to be honest, at this point this is a marketing stunt, nothing else.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Phillips won't get a say in the matter.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Well, they kinda do. You can't stop them from making the files available, and they never claimed it was something they had the power or desire to prevent.

"Let" can mean "grant permission", and it can also mean "assist" or "enable".

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

For a long time, the One Blade was the only razor that didn't pull my hair. Then they changed how they made them and started pulling. I no longer use it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

If my parents taught me anything as a child, that means that the One Blade probably has a crush on you. You should try talking to it!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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