This is super common in the 3D printer industry - Creality, Anycubic, and most “brands” are just slapping thier logos on the same OEM parts with minor tweeks.
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tyler@programming.dev 2 months ago
I learned the other day that anker just rebrands/white-labels alibaba level products.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 month ago
artyom@piefed.social 2 months ago
There are many many companies doing this. But the smart brands will use their name as a sort of stamp of 'this is actually a decent product" because the market is absolutely chock full of e-waste.
tyler@programming.dev 2 months ago
yeah it’s true, but anker has been having a lot of recalls lately. And when the product costs 1/5 the price on aliexpress/baba then it might be worth it for some things.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Sometimes the ones that are a fifth the price on AliExpress are the ones that failed QA testing for the whitelabeller, or they’re the same board with lower-rated components attached, so they’re not necessarily identical.