No. I'm worried that a supply chain screw up upstream is going to create unbounded liabilities for our company. If FTDI provided a mechanism to prevent this, I'

No. I'm worried that a supply chain screw up upstream is going to create unbounded liabilities for our company. If FTDI provided a mechanism to prevent this, I'd have no issue with it. We WANT to use genuine FTDI parts, but have no way to be sure other than accepting this risk that FTDI has created out of thin air. That's a risk that we simply can't take.