@reverseics @nstarke Somewhere there is a factory pumping...

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Josh Davis

@reverseics @nstarke
Somewhere there is a factory pumping these things out by the thousands smdh.

Like 11 December at 21:05 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.coop

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m0xEE

@GuerillaOntologist @reverseics @nstarke
I hope this isn't a real product and that it was custom printed by someone for fun 😅

11 December at 23:06 | Open on social.librem.one

picofarad

@m0xee @GuerillaOntologist @reverseics @nstarke bigclive on YT i think has some product teardowns that are obvious frauds, but usually stuff like "plug this in to reduce your electric bill" and the like!

If we pop that single screw off and show the other side of the PCB, i bet it's a total of <10 total surface mount parts. 4 LEDs, four resistors, and maybe a 25 cent mCU to make it blinkenlight, if they do.

12 December at 2:47 | Open on noauthority.social

m0xEE

@picofarad
Sure, there's always a possibility, but this seems too… low — even for a fraud, I refuse to believe these are getting mass-produced somewhere 😅
(I don't want my belief in the mankind to get ruined more than it already is🤭)
@GuerillaOntologist @reverseics @nstarke

12 December at 23:43 | Open on social.librem.one

find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse

@m0xee @reverseics @GuerillaOntologist @nstarke the ones in my profile header cost hundreds of dollars, and dont respond well to particular sprays.

13 December at 0:31 | Open on wizard.casa

picofarad

@m0xee @GuerillaOntologist @reverseics @nstarke

haha it probably went something like this in Shenzen or wherever:
"Our supplier for the wifi extender PCBs cannot deliver!"
"can we unload the clamshells?"
"maaaaaaaaybe... do you care if we have to change the company name from TIENAN to SHGUUHJ?"
"haha no"

13 December at 5:43 | Open on noauthority.social

Josh Davis

@m0xee @reverseics @nstarke
I once bought handle-bar mounted sideview mirror for my bike from a big retailer and when I installed it, discovered that is was basically the bike mirror version of this: totally unusable, yet being mass produced and sold.

13 December at 14:59 | Open on social.coop

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