Seems that way. Next up is licensing fees for printing certain models. Basically they’d like to get as far as when Picard says “Tea, Earl Grey, hot” the replicator says “Brought to you by Lipton. Taste good, feel good. You have 49 remaining replicator credits.”
I dunno why they don’t just outlaw manufacturing your own firearms without a license…
The don’t want to send a case to the Supreme Court that would rule on the side of homemade firearms.
It’d probably be wildly unconstitutional?
Donald Trump holding government office in USA is wildly unconstitutional too.
They would prefer to outlaw manufacturing anything without paying rent seekers.
Seems that way. Next up is licensing fees for printing certain models. Basically they’d like to get as far as when Picard says “Tea, Earl Grey, hot” the replicator says “Brought to you by Lipton. Taste good, feel good. You have 49 remaining replicator credits.”