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It will not stop, as you have said, they copied and improved. I have said it before, the Chinese are excellent engineers, but they lack in originality. So the
by siffland 7y ago
It will not stop, as you have said, they copied and improved. I have said it before, the Chinese are excellent engineers, but they lack in originality. So they NEED the rest of the world to make original stuff they can copy and improve upon this. Again this is not taking away from the fact they have brillant people, it is just what they do.
As for quality, buy something as simple as a geniune arduino and buy a Chinese knockoff. Which is more reliable. I have a ton of knockoffs and i'd say about 50% fail in a few months (plus they arrive with flux coating the bottom, some wont even work until it is cleaned). The few geniune ones i have purchased are still rolling along. I find this with a lot of their cheap knockoffs (yet i still buy them.......).
- tepidandroid 7y agoBut see, this is a great microcosm for the macro situation. Correct me if I am wrong, but you are purchasing items which you know to be knockoffs because they are cheap. You don't want to pay the full amount for the genuine article and yet you (rightfully) criticize the low quality and longevity of the knockoffs. Aren't you getting exactly what you paid for?