California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the market), but are so ignorantly and broadly written that they do more harm than actual good. New York’s 2026–2027 executive budget bill […]