>GoPro operations guy once, and asked how you can get the chinese ripoffs at $40, that looked the same as their $400 "real" deal. He said that they literally ge

>GoPro operations guy once, and asked how you can get the chinese ripoffs at $40, that looked the same as their $400 "real" deal. He said that they literally get chips from scrapyards Chinese consumer electronics companies simply do not put huge margins on stuff. Here a great example, a $45 AlienTek DP100 100W USB-C micro lab power supply https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6LG7iP2GQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd6LG7iP2GQ something like this would cost $500 with Digilent logo. >speced to work 6 months on avg not 6 years while original gopros suffer above average defect rates and cant record at 4K without baking itself to death/random shutdowns.