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Soulja Boy is selling video game consoles again, and he's already being accused of ripping off an existing handheld: "He does not have permission to rebrand our products and sell them as his own" (www.gamesradar.com)

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[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

White label isn't the same as drop shipped. Sometimes white label products are drop shipped, but not always. And not everything that's drop shipped is white label.

You literally can't know if what you're buying is original or not anymore.

You literally can. Lots of white label products either aren't covered by a patent/copyright, or were designed/licensed by a Chinese company. Chinese companies do design their own products.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's very much a thing. The smaller the company you're purchasing from, the more likely you'll find a counterfeit product of theirs available for cheaper. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/06/how-us-small-businesses-are-fighting-counterfeiting-in-china.html

I get the white-label / drop shipping distinction. It's why I mentioned them both. I also get that chinese manufacturers can make new stuff too. It's why I didn't say shit like "china never innovates or makes new products, they only steal".