Quote Originally Posted by RimReaping View Post
Thingiverse's business model is a really good one IMHO. It allows MakerBot to get plenty of free advertising, while keeping designs open source. So much good comes out of open source design files. I love looking at all the remixes. I've seen so many cool designs evolve to become even cooler.
Besides everything you said... Having lots and lots of gadgets that can be found and printed increases the end user demand for 3D-Printers, which obviously MakerBot profits from.