I think we middle-aged/older geeks like to harked back to a time when you could drill a hole in the corner of a Double Density floppy disk and it would work fin

I think we middle-aged/older geeks like to harked back to a time when you could drill a hole in the corner of a Double Density floppy disk and it would work fine as a High Density floppy. Subverting the dominant paradigm and sticking it to Big Floppy 1.44MB at a time! But seriously, the reason these Amazotrash sellers get away with it is in part due to consumers not actually needing top of the line stuff. So, if you thought you needed 1000 lumen, but in reality you only needed 500 lm, and then get tricked into buying a torch advertising "5000 lm", but it does the job and has extra modes, plus a bike mount, you kinda come out ahead. It also coexists with that old marketing trick used in movie theater concession sizes to get people to spend more than they intended. (Which is the best deal: S: $5, M:$10, L: $12? Most people would opt for medium, but large is only $2 more (at nearly zero cost to the theater). From that perspective, most of the counterfeits are better because you could either afford more of them or afford counterfeits of higher priced versions. Looking to buy a legit 16GB flash drive for $15, but find a seller with what you think is a legit 32GB version for $15? If it's not broken and actually has 32GB, but is slightly slower than the brand one that was faster than you really needed anyways, seems like a win for you.