(2019-04-06, 19:30)bostwickenator Wrote: It really surprises me that there is a single choke point. There are some obvious advantages around uniformity having them all manufactured and distributed through a single channel but man if this was Open-source hardware imagine how many members of the community could help out!
This has been discussed countless times before on this forum. Sorry I don't have any links, but the short answer is that it just ain't gonna happen. There are valid reasons for that.
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