Quote Originally Posted by eveninggown View Post
I don't think there will be more than 5 3D printer manufacturers and more than a dozen filament manufacturers in 10 years from now. It's how industry works.
That's how industry works now due to economies of scale and globalization. Aren't 3D printers supposed to be part of the next industrial revolution?

In the meantime, standardization makes a lot of sense because a bad spool can ruin a print.