Quote Originally Posted by 3dfilemarket View Post
Is the end of STL files in sight with makerbot streaming their own print codes from their online verified 3dprinting store? Will there be a day when prints are streamed to users (maybe like the spotify concept) so you will never own the file, only a copy of the print the way the designer wants the original model to look?
Makerbot don't dictate what file formats become obsolete, and even if by some fate STL was extinguished, OBJ would be there in it's place.

What makerbot's store has to do is still send Gcode to your machine. It cannot be encrypted, and even if they encrypt it in their software, it still has to be sent to the machine as raw Gcode - which completely makes their concept of keeping their print codes under lock and key truly flawed. You will start seeing torrents of Gcode no doubt.