I can see you point with the “ethics”, but I do believe there bias due to our job/hobby/whatever. There are far worse companies out there, but still continue to use everyday. Amazon reduces humans to an algorithm to see if you viable. Imagine being fired by an app. Google know itself all to well that it changed its company motto of “Do no evil”
Im very free enterprise, so none of this surprises me. I think amazon’s employment practices are far worse then Behringers business choices, but until someone offers me a better solution, have to deal with the available options. An original 808 isn’t an option for most.
Not sure how it is elsewhere, but in the US, you can’t copywrite/tradepark/patent a circuit. You can copywriter the printed schematics, the PCB layout, the architecture to make the circuit, but not the circuit itself. SO this is why I don’t see an issue with making OB-X’s, swings, sm58’s, and whatever else is out there. Surprised there isn’t a xone96 clone yet.