> But once dedicated manufacturing comes online, that capability is going to be quickly become irrelevant.
You're right, but after this emergency all those production lines will be retooled to things that are more profitable.
The upside is that this pandemic has basically created a grass roots production network to fill gaps that will always exist in traditional manufacturing.
If the next world-wide issue can be at least partially mitigated by small plastic parts, that gap will again be filled by 3d printers, and we're all better off for it.
You're right, but after this emergency all those production lines will be retooled to things that are more profitable.
The upside is that this pandemic has basically created a grass roots production network to fill gaps that will always exist in traditional manufacturing.
If the next world-wide issue can be at least partially mitigated by small plastic parts, that gap will again be filled by 3d printers, and we're all better off for it.