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They're also effectively out of reach of western regulatory reprisal. If a Chinese company ships a batch of garbage electronics to western markets that lead to
by dleslie 5y ago
They're also effectively out of reach of western regulatory reprisal.
If a Chinese company ships a batch of garbage electronics to western markets that lead to a string of house fires there's basically no chance that anyone will be held accountable for it; whereas, if a western company did the same they'd be far easier to hold accountable.
So Chinese producers can, and do, assemble and ship dangerously unsafe electronics in order to cut costs.
- R0b0t1 5y agoThere's cases of US/Western companies getting screwed even worse. A Chinese person sees it as fair to save money any way they can, so it's relatively common to have your design modified on the fly FCC or other regulatory approval be damned. In some cases the resulting product doesn't work, but you've already paid, and there's no way to get your money back.