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How do you decide what to print and what sites do you use to find free files? Im having a hard time finding 3d prints and the harder part is picking a file i like.

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[–] PurpleClouds@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Thangs is the only answer.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Nah, I briefly thought so, but their search shenanigans are trying to push people to only use their site.

They push paid designs and memberships hosted on thangs to the top, and default search to Thangs only.

They originally showed items hosted anywhere and free first, but once people got used to it they changed all the defaults. It's a big bait and switch.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

You mean... Enshitification? Impossible!

[–] PurpleClouds@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What kind of shenanigans? And are there any alternatives that aggregates across sites?

[–] JC1@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeggi, their search is also way better.

[–] PurpleClouds@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Will try it out, thanks!

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