De-enshittification upgrades/tips/mods/repairs/ideas - Companion to BIFL, taking the shitty versions and making them better

[IdiotPlusPlus]

As much as I agree with the sentiment, I wish we still had word filters here so we could replace that with "I"M A FAGGOT REDDITOR"
Seriously, just look at the Ars (aka Reddit spillover) comments on a relevant article and do a Find/Word Count.

I'm pretty sure the term came from Cory Doctorow's articles/book and specifically refers to stuff that originally was made properly but is now intentionally made shit, to be fair he's been pushing the idea at places like defcon so I'm not surprised the parrots at reddit shit up articles repeating it lol

 

[Maori Kiwifruit Growers]

I can second 3D printing, If you know basic modeling you can measure things up pretty quick and replace them at super low cost. I recommend learning freecad and blender, both open source, and do everything you need for this purpose. Also a 3d scanner would kick ass for this if you want to spend all the money.

Other then that the options are very limited, when I find a product that I think stands up to the test I will buy a spare or maybe two before the manufacturer discontinues it or makes it shittier with cost cutting.

Sometimes there are aftermarket parts for things, but only expensive things with super high production numbers, and ofcourse companies want to put an end to that.

I've thought about this a lot and I think homebrewing is increasing the only way to get a good product these days, at the cost of huge amounts of time to design and build it. Luckily many people share their designs online and of the few things I've made I would also like to share their designs. If enough people do the legwork it could eventually be easy to get designs and instructions to build an actually good whatever.

where do you learn how to model?

 

[Dr. Sexbot]

I'm pretty sure the term came from Cory Doctorow's articles/book and specifically refers to stuff that originally was made properly but is now intentionally made shit, to be fair he's been pushing the idea at places like defcon so I'm not surprised the parrots at reddit shit up articles repeating it lol

Yup, the Disney-loving BoingBoing faggot. That's exactly why I hated it in the beginning, thanks for reminding me!

where do you learn how to model?

FreeCAD is a nightmare, but it is indeed free. Blender is probably a better open-source modeling tool.

 

[DavidS877]

FreeCAD is a nightmare, but it is indeed free. Blender is probably a better open-source modeling tool.

Personally, I'm mostly a programmer so almost all of what I do is OpenSCAD. It's not for artistic work but what I'm usually doing is functional.
So, this was a design I was making for an enclosure for something, 3d printer controller I think.

All the parts use the same sizes as variables and can be easily toggled on and off to generate an STL for printing.
Don't ask me how it was supposed to be assembled, I don't remember as I don't think that was all the parts.

Here's one I did use, it's one of 3 parts for the vent attachment for my laser cutter. Rather than making one thing and try and print it I always optimize for printing so 90% of the time I can avoid using supports.

 

[Dr. Sexbot]

Personally, I'm mostly a programmer so almost all of what I do is OpenSCAD. It's not for artistic work but what I'm usually doing is functional.
So, this was a design I was making for an enclosure for something, 3d printer controller I think.
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All the parts use the same sizes as variables and can be easily toggled on and off to generate an STL for printing.
Don't ask me how it was supposed to be assembled, I don't remember as I don't think that was all the parts.

Here's one I did use, it's one of 3 parts for the vent attachment for my laser cutter. Rather than making one thing and try and print it I always optimize for printing so 90% of the time I can avoid using supports.

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I actually like OpenSCAD a lot, since it lets you do things parametrically. However, it really sucks to debug a model that isn't doing what you want. I really wish there was an IDE-like environment for it, like with breakpoints and sheeit.

 

[bush911]

We need a better word that is not a curse word, something like crapified.

 

[WTBOnlineFather]

We need a better word that is not a curse word, something like crapified.

Enshittification being a curse word prevents the responsible corpo niggers from subverting and neutralizing the de-enshittification movement. Your post glows.

 

[AidsNiggerSupreme]

where do you learn how to model?

I had some formal education in cad, which is harder than regular blender modeling. YouTube would be a good for some beginner tutorials if you're starting from zero but ai llms are also really really good for learning any software. I learned blender almost completely from ai queries. Just ask it for the key commands you forgot or explain generally what you're trying to do and it will suggest which tools or functions work best.

 

[Flatline]

We need a better word that is not a curse word, something like crapified.

I've heard people say "platform decay."

 

[Sperg_rancher]

Short of just completely disconnecting the car, which will have numerous unintended consequences

AFAIK you can modify the antennas to not be able to get / transmit any signals. not difficult if you know where they are.

 

[ShotgunTasteTester]

Well thats dumb. Hopefully motorcycles, motorized tricycles, etc. don't get infected by this bullshit for a while.
I would also imagine that this won't be as much of a problem when buying used fleet vehicles, but maybe I am too optimistic.

You do not want to buy a used fleet vehicle, all of us beat on them constantly. I made the mistake of buying a garage door company's truck when I was 19. There was 4 inches of play in the steering wheel after day 2

 

[High Level Rad Waste]

So assuming everything else being equal you will eventually be forced to purchase a car (even used) that has all the computers and telemetry and anti-DUI cameras you're trying to avoid.

I will personally nigger rig both a BCU and ECU using a Siemens running ladder. I've done it with my uncle in law's combine, I can absolutely do it with a car.

 

[习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想]

I can second 3D printing, If you know basic modeling you can measure things up pretty quick and replace them at super low cost. I recommend learning freecad and blender, both open source, and do everything you need for this purpose. Also a 3d scanner would kick ass for this if you want to spend all the money.

Other then that the options are very limited, when I find a product that I think stands up to the test I will buy a spare or maybe two before the manufacturer discontinues it or makes it shittier with cost cutting.

Sometimes there are aftermarket parts for things, but only expensive things with super high production numbers, and ofcourse companies want to put an end to that.

I've thought about this a lot and I think homebrewing is increasing the only way to get a good product these days, at the cost of huge amounts of time to design and build it. Luckily many people share their designs online and of the few things I've made I would also like to share their designs. If enough people do the legwork it could eventually be easy to get designs and instructions to build an actually good whatever.

Just make sure you're familiar with the physical limitations of 3D-printed parts, like their tendency to split along layer lines, as well as the general fact that they will never be as strong as an injection-moulded equivalent.

 

[Judge Dredd]

One of my biggest current pet peeves is people responding to bad tech/car/etc/ news with "well I guess I'll stick with (outdated software, hardware, car, etc), checkmate! LOL"
Like, no, you fucking idiot. Yes you will evade modern nonsense for a time, but you will eventually either have a bricked system or unusable hardware.

Late, but yes. But also no. Part of it is simply holding out until all this 2030/2035 nonsense is over so sanity can return. The EV market is already collapsing.

In the computers example, I'll be sticking to windows 10 ltsc for as long as I can, then move over to Linux if I must, unless Windows gets better.

 

[Yugica]

I can definitely recommend the 'hack' going around of using Wood Benchtop Panels from Big Box Hardware stores as a desktop for desks instead of the Laminated Cardboard/Chipboard Ikea, etc sell.

NightHawkInLight on YouTube just uploaded a video covering a bunch of stuff for making cardboard furniture and also water proofing it. By his words some of the water proofing methods, which includes a non-toxic and compostable method, can also be applied to fabrics. He has a good amount of recipes in the video and also shows off his cardboard modifications to a homebuilt camper. I highly recommend his channel for other cool stuff and figured this thread would be fitting for sharing him and the video:

 

[VIPPER?]

Just get a big bag of self-tapping screws and some pallets. Fixes everything.

FreeCAD is a nightmare, but it is indeed free. Blender is probably a better open-source modeling tool.

I wish people would stop using Blender for CAD. It's not meant for that, it was never meant for that, it's only arguable that blender was ever meant for anything. 2nding just using OpenSCAD, or pirating a proper CAD/CAM suite if you have a good computer.

 

[Dr. Sexbot]

Just get a big bag of self-tapping screws and some pallets. Fixes everything.


I wish people would stop using Blender for CAD. It's not meant for that, it was never meant for that, it's only arguable that blender was ever meant for anything. 2nding just using OpenSCAD, or pirating a proper CAD/CAM suite if you have a good computer.

What Blender -is- good for is sculptural stuff. I'd hate to try to create a mask or a bust in SolidWorks.
For functional parts? OpenSCAD or some other kind of real CAD is the only answer. Blender not doing parametric stuff worth a shit is a hard no for me for designing functional things.