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by ethbr0 5y ago
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Although licensed manufacture is a whole 'nother wrinkle. That's why tear-downs are so popular, I guess.
- ChoGGi 5y agoHuh, I guess that explains why I like makita tools.
- ethbr0 5y agoI look at that as a microcosm of the modern world. Pretty much every brand has been bought, strip mined for profit, and is effectively only differentiated by some QA tolerance the parent enforces, but which we can never know. It's the hard drive brand problem in essence.