Thingyverse is owned by Ultimaker, Printables by Prusa and makerworld belongs to bamboo. I don’t really want to donate my models to a for profit company, so are there any similar community run alternatives where I can upload to? Cheers

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      You said that they were not a “real” for-profit company, which is just plain wrong. They have even monetised their printables.com platform, if that’s not a for-profit move in the most classical sense I don’t know what is.

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        16 hours ago

        why are you trying to change what I wrote? Its clearly there. I said none of that. You need to check yourself bro

        OMG monetized their platform. Because they are a business. I suspect you have no knowledge of their platform or how they do business or where or the history of their founder.

        • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          16 hours ago

          why are you trying to change what I wrote? Its clearly there. I said none of that.

          Prusa being “for profit” isn’t the same as the term implies.

          Well then I misinterpreted what you mention by that statement, what do you mean by it, if it wasn’t that they’re not a “real” for-profit company?

          I suspect you have no knowledge of their platform or how they do business or where or the history of their founder.

          No I have plenty experience and use printables a lot, it’s a great platform. I’ve been in-and-out of the 3d printer environment since early 2010’s, I perfectly well know their history and what they once were.