https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kgkgklfHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:54:34 +0000Similar thing happened to the Linus Tech Tips backpack, it was supposed to have double bottoms, but chinese suppliers cheaped out. This is a very common chinese trick where they try to get away with something cheaper than specified. This is actually even expected when ordering stuff in large quantities from china, the supplier is guessing what parts they can cheap out on without anyone noticing, it’s not even considered fraud, but a kind of optimization.

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