Comment by PaulHoule

There's fast and there is good.

If I work slowly I can do better that the Cricut, if I work quickly I do worse. Slow detailed work causes more tension in my hands and discomfort. I do most of my cutting now with a rotary cutter which is effortless but I regularly do straight cuts on longer pieces with a straightedge and knife.

If I had the Cricut I'd probably doing projects that involve many more cuts of complex shapes but I wouldn't be sure I'd be 100% proud of the quality.

To elaborate on my point (ii) it's that anti-consumer announcements have a rachet effect: I heard that they were going to crack down on users, I didn't hear that they'd backed down. So they still lost a sale, not from residual anger or my belief that they are of bad character, but because bad news spreads further than good. It's one more reason why brands should think not just twice but twenty times before making obviously self-destructive moves.