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Originally Posted by fjtorres
They might be components sourced from the same factory or even assembly line that makes them for Apple. (Which would mean they technically aren't counterfeits.) I've seen XBOX power bricks on Amazon and ebay that are identical to the official product, from the same oem, just without the MS brand stenciling.
There is also the 2013 incident where Klipsch sued Monoprice for selling a set of chinese-sourced speaker sets that were too close to their design. Even more annoying, some of the non-cosmetic changes actually improved the clone product slightly. 
http://www.cnet.com/news/are-the-ene...9774-the-same/
Sourcing from China leads to...interesting...things.
(Twin factories, clone products...) |
Given that Apple had issues with cloned power supplies causing burns, I think I can understand why they are sensitive about it. A lot of people think that if it looks like the Apple product, it must be the Apple product.