This is excellent, but it it important to see it as more than something that enables you to print your own case.
Think, instead, about the number of times you need some kind of mounting bracket or adapter to connect two pieces of consumer goods to each other. Think about mounting a phone on a car dashboard, or on a bike or motorcycle.
If there are N of the first and M of the second, there's no practical way for any manufacturer to support all MN combinations. As soon as some more companies follow Nokia's lead here, you should be able to combine two models, apply any final tweaks or customizations, and print your own adapter, perhaps even iterating over time as you add subtle new features.
This is the future, and you'd better be ready for it!
Think, instead, about the number of times you need some kind of mounting bracket or adapter to connect two pieces of consumer goods to each other. Think about mounting a phone on a car dashboard, or on a bike or motorcycle.
If there are N of the first and M of the second, there's no practical way for any manufacturer to support all MN combinations. As soon as some more companies follow Nokia's lead here, you should be able to combine two models, apply any final tweaks or customizations, and print your own adapter, perhaps even iterating over time as you add subtle new features.
This is the future, and you'd better be ready for it!