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They do own the IP though and I dont know how we feel about physical product IP rights? Those are kinda useful.
That's not how it works. Factory makes Thing. Anyone who wants to resell Thing buys it from the factory and labels it BRAND Thing.
Yeah but someone has to design the thing
It could be designed by company A and made in Factory A, then designers at factory A come up with a way to cut costs and make a worse design that is similar to company A's design but slightly worse and much cheaper, then the factory makes that, and drop shippers sell it.