| a direct rip off from innovators in a niche market. Here's how it works: -Joe American invents and produces something and sells it in a niche market of enthusiasts for a small profit (if any) to cover his materials/R&D. -Shitface "Vuk" American says, "I can reverse engineer the living piss out of this thing now that someone's already designed it and have it made for pennies over in China. Then I can market them here and sell them for less than the original effectively killing any profit that the actual designer of these things could ever make, while simultaneously giving penny pinching z-u-later-types a raging hard on for my inferior products." Hope that clears some things up for you. /school.
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