> If you don't want people to copy and improve your hardware, don't give them permission to copy and improve your hardware. As if Chinese cloners would give a

> If you don't want people to copy and improve your hardware, don't give them permission to copy and improve your hardware. As if Chinese cloners would give a shit about permissions. You got everything there from "independents" reverse-engineering clothing or circuits over the "official" manufacturing contractor running "ghost shifts" [1] with original parts that got binned in QA to supposedly trustable brands getting shafted on their end [2]. Regarding electronics, bunnie has also dedicated a chapter about fakes in his book about that world [3]. China simply runs on an entirely different value system than Western countries, one where what we see as theft they see as a completely normal part of doing business [4]. Unfortunately, our politicians never realised that and still continue treating China as an "equal partner". Utter madness, and we are paying for it. [1] https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/07/08/the-secret-world-of-ghost-shift-midnight-manufacturing/ https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/07/08/the-secret-world-o... [2] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2010/microsd-card-failures/ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2010/microsd-card-failure... [3] https://bunniefoo.com/bunnie/essential/essential-guide-shenzhen-web.pdf https://bunniefoo.com/bunnie/essential/essential-guide-shenz... [4] https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2014/from-gongkai-to-open-source/ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2014/from-gongkai-to-open...