[wnevets]

>https://gizmodo.com/a-google-engineer-is-publicly-shaming-cr...

That's exactly what I thought of when reading the GP. There is some absolute garbage out there being sold.

[jjoonathan]

There are also manufacturers using the existence of such garbage as a scapegoat.

For instance, the fitbit ionic battery plague is caused by shorted MLCCs -- but they still try to blame it on 3rd party chargers every time they get an RMA.