The tactic is always the same: hack the firmware. I remember 15 years ago when I got one of these “Portable MP4 Players” (exactly like an iPod, but for 10% of t

The tactic is always the same: hack the firmware. I remember 15 years ago when I got one of these “Portable MP4 Players” (exactly like an iPod, but for 10% of the price), and it would say “8 GB” on it. When trying to upload my music into it, at some point it’d return an random storage error. I didn’t understand, so I decided to format it. What was my surprise when the 8 GB disk turned into 1 GB? I researched like crazy, and then found out in some forum that they would tweak the firmware to tell the OS about its fake size, though I’m not sure how formatting it would ‘fix’ this. After formatting it, it worked normally and for many years. In the end, it is the same stupid technique, 15 years later. I’m not sure why wouldn’t they just sell it with proper specifications and profit over the okay quality of the device..