Which reviewers will you be looking forward to

@Olias @MalcTheOracle @user_3133763279

I wonder why Olias assumed that Aurora, and AMERICAN who is most probably Asian (based on appearance) and possibly ethnically Chinese (unconfirmed in her YouTube bio) is a Chinese shill.

Could this perhaps be a case of racial stereotyping where he’s applying his business and personal experiences with Chinese manufacturing / business culture to an American individual who appears to be of Asian descent?

“You never do hear the term “Chinese Engineering” and quality in the same sentenced do you?”

“Well… I have to give Bambu Lab credit where credit is due. They at least listen and respond to their customers and more importantly, they are outcompeting based on innovation not simply price. That is very un-Chinese like where the dominant business philosophy is characterized by the term Shanzhai” (山寨)."

“My recent experience with Sunlu filament dryer and their shoddy tech support only reinforced that perception that they are yet another Chinese company looking to make a quick buck and are more about perception than true quality.”

“BTW: I don’t even trust my Creality dryer sensor either which is why I keep a second sensorin the box just to keep the readings honest. The Creality Sensor is close enough or as the Chinese prefer to say, chà bù.”

““ALL” of these driers apparently are using the same Sh*tty Chinese maker for their touch displays and in my testing, it was clear that none of them worked well.”

“Chinese culture values and focuses on shortcuts as well as focusing solely on price”… … …"The Bambu Studio camp is motivated to simply pump out just enough features to do the job or in Chinese business philosophy, Pronounced Cha-Bu-Duo which means “almost” but in the west he equates to “cutting corners”.

“So now that Bambu has a channel set up to support their high end product, it will be a wait and see process. If the channel strategy fails to produce revenue, they’ll change that back to a direct sales model. If it succeeds, we’ll likely see more of their products get price-protected in order to protect their channel partners. That’s something that will be an absolute first in history for a Chinese company. Unlike Japanese companies, Chinese companies don’t even respect their own partners and have a rich history of cheating each other. In my experience on both sides of that business model as a channel partner and a manufacturer, if the company that wants to do business with me is speaking Mandarin, I want an iron-clad contract before they get an order and even then, I won’t pay the invoice until the product is in my hands and has gone through inspection. That’s not easy to do with Asian suppliers.”

“Wait… What? Chinese company honoring intellectual property? Say it isn’t so. :joy:

“There are hundreds of BS Chinese vendors spamming Amazon with the same cheap product.”

“All kidding aside, it still blows my mind how much trust people put into manufacturers, especially in this 3D printer industry that’s basically the wild west, largely dominated by Chinese companies working under the Chabuduo mindset. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s this “close enough is good enough” philosophy that’s pretty common in Chinese business. Westerners see it as cutting corners or flat-out sloppy, and it really shows in the products they deliver.”… … … … … …“Basically, assume anything from China went through little to no quality control.”

“My German grandmother taught me the work ethic that a job worth doing is a job worth doing well. My American grandmother’s philosophy was: do it right, but do it right now and quit wasting time. I suspect that if I had a Japanese grandmother, based on their culture, it would be: do it right, do it well, and do it with style. And if I had a Chinese grandmother?.. :wink:well… you get the picture. Chinese business philosophy of chàbùduō means “just close enough.” This philosophy makes Western procurement professionals cringe, as vigilance is required to guard against Chinese production standards cutting corners. In short, we know the Chinese are going to cheat and steal; we just have to catch them at it. When companies like Apple make cheating nearly impossible, the Chinese turn to unethical working conditions to compensate, as outlined in 2014 at their largest contractor, Foxconn. It should also be noted that the philosophy of chàbùduō is as opposite to the German work ethic as possible.”

“This is helpful. What is it with these Chinese companies who act as throw they can through any ■■■■ against the wall and hope it sticks?”

There’s more examples than what I shared above.

TO BE CLEAR: Olias apparently has lots of first hand experience with Chinese manufacturers and businesses. I am NOT implying that any of the opinions he shared in the above quotes are unfounded, innaccurate, etc. What I am implying is that there just may be some bias in his assumptions about Aurora Tech Channel.

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