Oooh, Krater, be careful, seems you are coming over to the dark side
KPR8, no school today?
Nothing more pressing than baiting freetards that's for sure
Bed time in Troll-land and I wont be back (if you like you can pretend you won the argument)
Try and understand these basic facts tho:
-FTDI have been very 'maker' friendly in the past, releasing DIP adapter versions of their early chips
-If you chose unbelievably cheap versions of their products you can't complain when they turn out to be fake. Buy all 5 f your FTDI chips from RS
-FTDI have a right to protect their IP (I suspect they screwed this up tbh and it will be reversed shortly)
-If you buy cheap copies the IP provider _will_ go out of business == no more cool chips in the future
-2-3 dozen butt hurt neckbeards whining on a forum makes fuck all difference to a multi million dollar company
-Your Tarduino project is NOT going to be a product despite what Hackaday tell you