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
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There has been a NIH 3D model database,but it has become unreliable already for orange reasons. Besides that there aren’t many options beside manifold or plainly hosting your own site (which is not that hard tbh, but makes it hard for others to find,though)
Your only options are all part of for profit ventures. My Mini Factory, Cults, Thangs, etc… etc… etc… The ones subsidized by printer manufacturers are where free models are most likely to be found and are best of the sites.
If you are really concerned you can read their terms of service to be sure what rights you retain. My money is on Prusa having the best terms.
You can host your own with Manyfold @manyfold@3dp.chat
Cool, another service I didn’t know I definitely need
Prusa being “for profit” isn’t the same as the term implies.
They are very much a socialistic company. Pretty much, their business model is open source.
I think they are the winning choice in the same way that Valve’s Steam wins the game store/manager market.
Prusa has given back as much as they have made.
They used to be. As of the Mk4 and XL they no longer share a lot of their designs, and the source is also closed.
Very sad to see.
Prusa are 100% a for-profit organisation/company, they don’t attempt to sell printers or services at anywhere near cost, which is absolutely fine too. They are very much what the term implies, which is that they’re a business that has (and wants) to earn money. To say they’re not a for-profit company is absolutely delusional.
Yes having a semi-opensource approach is their gimmick to get goodwill from people to get them to buy their printers.
Even non-profits need to make a profit somehow. They have operating expenses and need to build a cash cushion much like a for profit business.
Now, Prusa is and always has been a privately owned business and Josef wants to makes money, got to keep the lights on somehow and pay his employees you know. So Prusa is a normal business with a generally “Do no Evil” company outlook and the constraints of trying to be a successful business in the EU.
And despite the higher price that gets forced by trying to operate in the EU, this should make Prusa a more desirable place to do 3D printing business for all those who want to be socially responsible over another very popular brand based in China. But, evidently a cheaper price cuts a lot of slack for most.
Full disclosure: I own a Prusa Mk3s and a Bambu Mini.
Ok, but I didnt say they are not a for-profit company
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.
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.
LOL I read your edit, jfk you are clearly ignorant.
https://www.prusa3d.com/page/open-source-at-prusa-research_236812/
there is a lot of open source give and take you dumbass
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.
yeah… nice chatting with you because I am gonna put you on mute now
