@burnoutqueen @kohrokho @JessTheUnstill @redrozalia That's only true when the machine has to be specialized to what it's making, and amortizing the cost of the specialized machine typically requires producing far more items than actually needed, the manufacturing demand for them with marketing.
The solution is machines which are general purpose, with no expensive reconfiguration, molds, etc. per-item, only programming that can be instantly copied at no cost.