Yeah, I’m seriously wondering how you get to that point without making sure you’re allowed to do the thing. Injection molding is a fuck ton of principal that you make up for in volume.
Comment on dBrand Companion Cube cancelled:
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Ouch… Getting injection moulds made is really REALLY pricey. That’s an expensive lesson.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Prefacing this by saying I know nothing about injection moulding. Couldn’t they still use the molds for when they do get a license just different designs?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
for when they do get a license
We asked Valve whether there was any way to keep the project alive: properly licensed, with their blessing, on their terms. They said no.
Valve’s refused to sell them a licence.
There is no ‘when they do get a license’.
Beg forgiveness instead of ask for permission is a gamble. Dbrand lost the dice roll.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They might be able to modify the molds to something legally distinct, but it’d be expensive and if they were already taking a loss on the desirable product it’s better to not throw bad money after good. I’d guess their actual best bet is to see if valve wants to buy all this off them to reduce their losses and their disposal/storage costs
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 2 months ago
But really good marketing. They got the emails of a bunch of people interested in Steam hardware, they got their name out there to folks like me who’ve never heard of them. They put out a sincere sounding apology, gave automatic full refunds, and in 18 months I’ll probably remember them as a trustable brand but forget it was because they did a dumbass copyright infringement.
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You forget, many of the target audience also celebrate copyright infringement as a virtue.