[Zizzle]

I foresee an arms race here.

Next gen FTDI clones will work around this driver detection. Next FTDI driver has new detection code.

Iterate until the counterfeit chips are indistinguishable from the real thing via software.

[Zikes]

That's the arms race that's already in place. The new one will take place in a courtroom.

[mariuolo]

> Iterate until the counterfeit chips are indistinguishable from the real thing via software.

Will they still cost less?

[TheLoneWolfling]

Probably

[jessaustin]

But... innovation!

Seriously, though, this just looks like extracting economic rents from the fact that their vendor ids come pre-installed in certain OSes.