Indeed, the USB standards body prevented allocated company VID reuse, and thus greatly simplified identifying the correct hardware. There is also additional gen

Indeed, the USB standards body prevented allocated company VID reuse, and thus greatly simplified identifying the correct hardware. There is also additional generic information like company name (often Trademarked) or serial number that may be queried from many devices as well. If it were free or cheap, than people would have just started another domain squatting business. That could have been far worse. =3