Walt Perko on February 8, 2016 at 5:34 pm @arduinoNewsBot Genuine? Arduino is OpenSource … that means FREE for anybody to make ‘n sell! There is no genuine Arduino. Reply
Mark Colan on August 3, 2016 at 11:58 am Arduino is open-source technology, including the hardware. So how can any be a fake? Reply
Yanko Yankov on November 16, 2016 at 6:41 am Even the real Ardouino got components made in China ..everything comes from China. Reply
Yanko Yankov on March 7, 2017 at 10:25 pm I paid even less …and works ..why should spending more Reply
Shannon Davis on April 20, 2018 at 2:18 am What is so bad about a knockoff. For a lot of people they are cheaper. Reply
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@arduinoNewsBot Genuine? Arduino is OpenSource … that means FREE for anybody to make ‘n sell! There is no genuine Arduino.
Arduino is open-source technology, including the hardware. So how can any be a fake?
Even the real Ardouino got components made in China ..everything comes from China.
If you paid $9 for it, it’s a fake
I paid even less …and works
..why should spending more
With open source hardware how can it be a fake?
What is so bad about a knockoff. For a lot of people they are cheaper.