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where do you see that they are Russian? they seem to have a bunch of US Patents, a Delaware postal HQ, and an office in the UK
by dingnuts 2y ago
where do you see that they are Russian? they seem to have a bunch of US Patents, a Delaware postal HQ, and an office in the UK
- rpgraham84 2y agothe original team is Russian, but they downplay that a lot now (until you buy one and the promo stickers are in Russian). yes, they're registered in Delaware, almost every company that operates in the US is, including foreign companies.
- Nzen 2y agoThe company makes Flipper Zero as well. When they launched that product, the same topic came up [0]. The strongest argument given seems to hinge on the former nationality/residence of many of the original team. Obviously, different people will weight that above or below the UK address / USA incorporation. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32168388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32168388
- NicuCalcea 2y agoMost of the staff looks to be Russian: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipper-devices/people/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/flipper-devices/people/
- hiatus 2y agoThe top "Where they live" is UK.
- rpgraham84 2y agowhew. that's a relief