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To: discostu

I disagree. We’ll end up with new markets and custom manufactured stuff rather than one size fits all junk shipped halfway across the world. Imagine buying custom shoes in your neighborhood for roughly the same price as you would get them for mass produced stuff at the mall.


30 posted on 05/29/2016 11:12:24 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat
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To: RKBA Democrat

You ever hear of Alphagraphics? Copy shop, serve your printing and publishing needs. They used to be a massive company. Almost as ubiquitous as 7-11. Now they’re down to 260 locations, not dead entirely, but a fraction of what they once were. Do you know why? The death of Alphagraphics is probably sitting on your desk. Laser printers at home, high functioning MFPs in the office. Heck high functioning MFPs at home. Once we got the ability to do what we needed AG for at home we didn’t need them anymore. And soon you’re going to have a 3D printer on your desk next to your paper printer. You’re not going to be buying custom shoes anywhere, you’re going to PRINT them, at home.

There will be a market for custom stuff, but you’ll be buying the design to tweak and send to your computer. Like fancy Word templates and fonts.


32 posted on 05/29/2016 11:21:20 AM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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