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this whole thing caused quite a stir in the industry, we'd seen several things be duplicated from the same or similar factories as the OEM production, but they were small things like distributors etc.
Acaia did do a lot lot of work to make both the hard and software specific to the needs of the coffee community, so to see that work pretty much reproduced verbatim was a shock.,
the real benefit of the lunars is the size imo. I've used the Pearls as shot scales in my cafe for years, never had an issue. before that we used to get through a pair of weed scales every 6-8 weeks
Matisse
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Assuming they designed it, who's paying for all their R&D and design costs, their time spent sourcing a manufacturer, their marketing?
Of course a stolen design is cheaper - the cheats have not spent $x developing the product, they've just duplicated the manufacturing part, the relatively easy bit. The fact that a Chinese knock-off still costs as much as it does is more of a crime.
Is there a half way house for me- a durable scale that isn't a knockoff and doesn't cost more than £50?