I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It’s an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

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    1 year ago

    We bought those anker hubs as bootleg docks at the height of the supply chain crises. Because I had 150 laptops to deploy and nothing to connect them to (we were replacing desktops and older dell e dock types)

    These generally have been serviceable en-masse. I expected higher failure rates but was surprised pelasantly. We still have and use them for imaging on our workbench. Many we gave to folks for hybrid folks under the agreement they keep their mouths shut and never bring them back. Only trusted users even got the offer.

    We had about 5 doa. Another 5-10 died in the first year of service. The rest, still going strong.