Reply to post: Re: This is a bit like chipped batteries and refills.

Chipmaker FTDI bricking counterfeit kit

Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

Re: This is a bit like chipped batteries and refills.

>gone after the makers of fake refills and batteries using trademark and IP law.

So they have two options:

A: Chase tons of grey market operations around China while getting laughed at by the Chinese authorities.

B: Get an intern to work on a solution that uses a $0.01 chip to block most of the unofficial consumables and requires a lot more effort from those that persist to use refills etc.

Which makes more sense to you?

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