The "Cube" 3D printer was designed with DRM: it won't accept third-party printing materials. It is the Keurig of printers. Now it is being discontinued, which means that eventually authorized materials won't be available and the printers may become unusable.

With a printer that gets the Respects Your Freedom, this problem would not even be a remote possibility.

How pitiful that the author of that article says that there was "nothing wrong" with designing the device to restrict users in the first place. This is like putting a "cheat me and mistreat me" sign on your chest. We should know better: we should condemn all companies that take advantage of people like him. Indeed, it is the acceptance of their unjust practice that teaches people to be doormats.

The proper response to DRM is:

• Step 1, "I don't buy anything designed to mistreat me — take your nasty product and flush it down the toilet."
• Step 2, repeal the DMCA.
• Step 3, make DRM a crime.