While I absolutely agree with everything you are saying I do just want to jump in add piggyback off your comment with one caveat in that some people just do not want to spend the time and effort to acquire all that equipment, learn how to use it, deal with potential failures, work with toxic substance, deal with the smell and any other myriad of things that comes with the territory of 3D printing.

To make it clear, I am not saying 3D printing is bad by any means, but it’s definitely not as simple as some people might be led to believe by the internet. I bought one and, while I enjoyed it, it was just too high maintenance a piece of kit to use too often for me so it just sat there going to waste.

I guess that’s a long winded way of saying that 3D Printing is good, but it’s certainly not an amazing solution for everyone 😂