It's funny how much the Yay FTDI side keeps getting back on "counterfeiters are bad" every few comments, as if that addresses the other side's points at all...
It's not funny, it's what they are paid for. Keep trolling with the same lame arguments while ignoring valid points of others until any critic gives up out of frustration. Actually we could do the same and increase FTDI's PR costs
For example, I can't remember that any of the Yays agreed to the suggestion that the FTDI's driver simply could stop working without any modification (USB ID, data sent) when it detects a non genuine FTDI chip. That would be a perfectly legal way, but not good enough for the Yays. Of course not, since they have to defend FTDI's illegal (in several countries) bricking and modifying data. And by doing so, they make it worse for FTDI. Anyone following this topic can easily see what's happening. It's always the same story. A company does something bad, a shit storm starts, company hires social media experts for damage control, forums are trolled until nobody says anything bad anymore about the company. Thank you very much bad company! We can play this until the cows come home