What bothers me, is the prevalence of counterfeit and just plain bad-quality, cheap chips.

These become so low-cost that corporate buyers pretty much have no choice, but to use them.

The result, is things like expensive Bluetooth headsets, crapping out, after a year. I have been through quite a few.

I/O ports see a lot of use (even virtual ones). Those are some of the hardest-working chips in a device. Not a good place for cheap dross; but they are also present in almost every device out there. Lots of money to be made.

To give Apple credit, I think they are fairly serious about keeping the quality of their internals up to snuff.

> cursed looking trampolines

I like that.

BTW: I do think this is an awesome write-up, and things like it, are why I like this place.