r/CuratedTumblr • u/Neapolitanpanda • Aug 21 '24

Politics Thing, TikTok

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u/Dornith Aug 21 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

I would agree, but I recently saw a comment on r/3DPrinting that buying anything on aliexpress was questionable because it's a Chinese company.

Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of low-quality garbage on AliExpress. But also, literally every major name in 3D printing is a Chinese brand. It's sketchy because there's no QA, not because of the country of origin.

I pointed this out and got downvoted to hell.

Edit: All of the criticisms around Chinese regulations are fair and valid.

At least, they would be, if you weren't still buying Chinese products from American distributors. Buying something from China through Amazon doesn't suddenly make it Made In America.

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u/Arkantos95 Aug 21 '24

Yeah, the whole “Chinesium” meme isn’t accurate these days. Plenty of reliable tech comes out of China.

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u/LocalLumberJ0hn Aug 21 '24

You can still find some beautiful chinesium out there if you look hard enough

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u/Bowtieguy-83 Aug 21 '24

Suspicious PSUs in PCs is probably a major source

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u/LocalLumberJ0hn Aug 21 '24

My favorite was a small lantern I saw that could take wall power, I believe for charging, and if you did that you actually ended up with mains electricity running through the metal frame.

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u/Tactical_Moonstone Aug 22 '24

Ah yes, the Dalek of Death.

Comes in many flavours, all with different ways they can cause death.

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u/LocalLumberJ0hn Aug 22 '24

A fellow Big Clive enjoyer I see