[mschuster91]

> Fake hearing aids, or dangerous ones, would get rooted out quick.

Ah and here I think we disagree the most - because in everything else you say, I think we are in agreement.

IMHO, the only thing keeping Alibaba and their dropshipper "friends" on Amazon and eBay scamming off elderly people with worthless junk is the legal protection. The scam problem is massive enough that it's gotten really annoying to shop on Amazon, and I say that as a "digital native" - remove the paperwork and you'll get the digital equivalent of ambulance chaser lawyers in less than a month. Scam "hearing aids" would not get rooted out - they'd infest the world.