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Time to reverse engineer it and release an open source version of their software.

• kop316 6y ago
  It looks like it has been done for a fair bit: http://jimlund.org/build-to-spec/Setting%20Up%20Libcutter%20-%20Cricut%20Hacking%20Wiki.html http://jimlund.org/build-to-spec/Setting%20Up%20Libcutter%20... Cricut's USB exposes itself as a serial USB port, and it looks like the library is there to make SVGs cut for it. EDIT: It looks like there is some sort of encryption between the host and Cricut as well? So Cricut makes it intentionally unfriendly to make it work with thir party vendors.
  • 542458 6y ago
    IIRC this stopped working quite a few years ago. Now it appears every device has a factory-installed key, and cut files are encrypted with that key by their cloud software. Extremely scummy stuff.
• marcinzm 6y ago
  The makers of Cricut have sued those who have tried to market alternative software before. I'm guessing they'd issue DRM related takedown notices for any open source projects. Won't block the effort but make it less useful to the non-technical audience that usually buys Cricuts.
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