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		mrheosuper 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Qualcomm to acquire Arduino >people who don't know anything about microcontrollers are not going to look online for Chinese Arduino clones. But high chance they will look it up on Amazon/Ebay/whatever e-store and buy a clone without knowing.

farixco 33 days ago [–]

This has 100% been my experience, even with in-person shopping.

You ask for an Arduino, and the follow up question is: 'genuine or generic?'.

I don't think the Arduino trademark is that valuable, it's already well underway genericization.

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