Oh, I totally agree that unit cost right now is way way too high. That said it is many orders of magnitude cheaper to do a one off plastic part with a 3d print

Oh, I totally agree that unit cost right now is way way too high. That said it is many orders of magnitude cheaper to do a one off plastic part with a 3d printer than an injection mold. Also, 3d printers are just one small piece of the one off automated factory.