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The thing is, cheap or expensive everything is made in china. You can buy a BYD and have state of the art technology in a car or a Chirey and pay peanuts for a car that does the job. Just like you can buy an iphone, made in china, or a Xiaomi for 50 bucks.
And here we are. Full circle.
The original Ender3 is a good example of a cheap 3D printer that went through almost zero QA. By some miracle, most printers worked and still do. However, it doesn't take much to dig and find all the ones that were shipped with fake XTC connectors and were a fire hazard. There are plenty more examples I could dig up from personal experience. (We won't even get into all the tools I have fixed where the chassis is referenced to mains.)
What a coincidence! I work for a 3D printer farm with about 2000 printers. We have had all the different kinds, and we finally settled for the ender V3
The V3 is relatively new. I am referring to the originals that made Creality and I know those printers inside and out. While they were a good starter printer, they had dozens of flaws. You name an issue, I saw it.
I was using that as an example of bad QA for consumers. Anyone who can rebuild printers can identify and fix those issues, but it shouldn't be that way.
Here is a good example of your average Amazon product where MOSFETs have been sanded down and laser etched with fake branding and part numbers:
If you like a good mass production story, just look back on YouTube on the Linux Tech Tips channel about the Chinese company that decided to cost cut when he was finalizing his screwdriver for production.
There are quality products from companies like DJI or Bambu Lab, or, domestically designed products where companies have to babysit production. Hell, even PCB fab companies are generally OK, but even they have randomly cropped parts of my PCBs for no reason.
These have been getting pumped out of China for years, too: https://www.temu.com/home-appliance-voltage-regulator-energy-saver-intelligent-power-saver-smart-home-power-saver-new-power-saver-g-601099538791191.html
Just Google for ODB2 fuel savers, another scam that has been around for years.
Is there no regulation on scams? All authorities would need to do is search Temu, eBay or Amazon for those two products, over and over again.
As long as you are a smart buyer and understand what you need Chinese companies will provide it. If you are looking for the lowest price then you'll get it, if you are looking for high standards, like the iphone smartphones, you'll get it as well. Same with EV cars. If you want a top quality EV you buy a BYD, if you want a piece of metal with a battery to take you places you can go as low as you want. But don't get me wrong, I really like that the US is blocking the EV cars from China because their market is very big and it would make the prices go up and the stocks would dry from everywhere else to supply the US market.