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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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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Edit: see response for extra context and bad news.

Thangs aggregates other sites, or so I’ve been told.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They originally showed items hosted anywhere and free first, but once people got used to it they changed all the defaults. If you go there now and search, you have to manually set the source or it only shows you results from thangs itself, and pushes paid models and memberships to the top.

I only use it as a last resort now, and it's typically pretty bad.

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