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2026-07-05 19:41 UTC
@dilmandila@mograph.social "since everything is 3d printed in the backyard, no two cars can be alike": standardized components still make sense, just because people will share design files and cooperate on improvement. Customization most likely will happen for aesthetic or special functional purposes. If you think about all the different makes and models of cars that are out there today, a main reason for all the different variants is to have something new to sell every year. If that incentive goes away and cars are designed by the actual users I expect that there will be less different base models. Of course the customizations based on those base models will be infinite.
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@dilmandila@mograph.social 2026-07-05 19:59
@stereo4x4@techhub.social I hear you. And given that most people aren't engineers, they will likely be recycling designs they get from somewhere without much tinkering. In the past, I believe all ox or horse-drawn carts and wagons looked the same since there were no mass factories... But the challenge is from a storytelling/worldbuilding angle.. the audience, given our experience with the modern world, might think of a factory if they see many similar cars, there's more diversity in home made products