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[–]neomarxist_bullshit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting...

TLDR: Someone stole know-how how to make capacitors but their manufacturing process was bad, so with time the capacitors would stop functioning. Others copied from them as well, leading to defective capacitors being on the market until at least 2003

[–]xpat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember that being a thing with taiwanese electronics.