At one time it was taboo to copy hobby kits verbatim without adding anything significant to the design. China IP address show up within weeks of starting any n

At one time it was taboo to copy hobby kits verbatim without adding anything significant to the design. China IP address show up within weeks of starting any new small open project, and 2 months later one often sees project cloned alpha PCBs available on Ali-express/ebay/Amazon/tindie/sparkfun. The defective legacy RAMPs 1.4 with potential fire risks are still being sold a decade later. It has become such an issue, that even finding the original authors to support their projects becomes increasingly difficult as google starts to overflow with pages of SEO ad links. I wouldn't say anything has changed, but open hardware doesn't seem sustainable unless you are an active small factory in China. Good luck =)