> What's the economic reason of making software fake of well-known chip instead of making new one under your own name? This way they don't need to buy USB VID,

> What's the economic reason of making software fake of well-known chip instead of making new one under your own name? This way they don't need to buy USB VID, sign drivers in Microsoft, no expenses on advertisement. I thought this was a great example of second order effects at work.