Counterfeit laptop chargers are bad for your box

Sorry, no.

Safety costs money. The fuses and microprocessors that prevent the thing from sparking or trying to charge a shorted circuit increase the cost of a device. So the cheap knock off manufacturer is always going to leave as much of that stuff out as they can get away with. And China doesn’t give a shit about regulating their industries, they only care about supressing dissent.

Sure, you could make a safe knock off charger for say $20, but then you’d be competing against the unsafe knock offs selling for $10, nobody would buy your safe ones, and you’d go bankrupt.

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