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by nebula8804 1699 days ago
>so we have a clear example of them having a superior design available (and most likely cheaper to produce)

This is probably not the case. The blob chip is probably in the pennies. And while I didn't look at the pictures extremely deeply I bet they did part and assembly reduction using the following methodology.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZGWOrDBpg