Anyway I'm not telling you to only buy official devices, and I'm not trying to stop clones' sales in some way. I'm simply asking the community to get the narrative straight, and not to deceive users about who is credited with V2 design. OwOComm, HCXQS, edy555, and countless other contributors like DiSlord all deserve credit, but please do not credit a clone manufacturer with the design.
Gabriel,
I looked at aristarchus's original post and see that he only directs reader's to hugen's AliExpress store which say's:
"3GHz vector network analyzer, designed by OwOComm, under the LGPL license agreement, it is completely manufactured according to the v2_2 files issued by OwOComm at https://github.com/nanovna/S-A-A Development Department, in line with the original technical specifications designed by OwOComm."That doesn't sound like a deception about who the design belongs to. Its more of a deception that when hugen asked for your permission to manufacture a V2 based on your open source project and you gave your OK, for you now to turn around and say he stole your design.
You are a terrific designer but your marketing leaves something to be desired. You will lose respect if you continue to tear down and bad mouth your competition instead of just continuing to develop superior products that keep you ahead of the crowd.
Other manufactures are able to include batteries in their products because they perform the necessary MDS testing to do so. They don't tell half truths about not being able to include a battery because of safety reasons.
Hugen has two products that use 4" displays with a 3rd in development for the tinySA project. Its no wonder that he has purchased a large stock to support those products.
You back up your claim that he is producing "crap" with a post from a user on nanovna groups.io who decided to repair his own unit rather than ask hugen for a replacement. That does not infer hugen would not have rendered customer support if asked. On the contrary if you looked at other posts on groups.io where customers had problems with the NanoVNA-H4 casing, hugen was quick to address the problem to each customer's satisfaction.
I think Tindie was not the ideal choice for distributing your design. At one point they threatened to no longer sell overseas because of negative reviews. Think how many sells that probably cost you. Your V2 design is innovative, but whoever directs the marketing dropped the ball. As much thought that was put into the design should also have been put into the packaging. If you set the V2 side by side with current 3.2" V2 or the recent releases by hugen, the Tindie offering is the one that looks like a clone in comparison. You have no distinctive logos or labeling that let buyers identify the product. Its no wonder some buyers are confused when making a purchase.
If you believe hugen is manipulating statistics on Alibaba unfairly then why not complain to them? In an open forum like this it just sounds like griping.
Hopefully the marketing issues will be corrected in your upcoming releases. The community as a whole always wishes you well. Its probably time to leave the open source experiment behind. Open source hardware should be like open source software and not used as a vehicle for a commercial venture. Just my humble opinion.