How about that LG OLED C2 Evo 55" TV? Do you prefer that over LG OLED C1 or maybe LG NanoCell 80 Series or Nanocell 90 Series?
Or maybe those Apple iPhone XS Max phones? Or iPhone 14 Plus or iPhone 13 Pro Max? Are these knock-offs sold by a reseller on Amazon?
What I am saying is that there are (universally accepted as) good products that have silly names. Naming is done by marketing departments trying to be clever, products are designed by design/engineering departments trying to be clever.
Call me old fashioned, but I know which I care about more.
While I do know what the brand is (it's "Onyx Boox"), I would certainly not vouch for them. But I wouldn't vouch for either Apple or LG: they make some crappy products as well.
But just like with product names, I prefer to judge products not on the brand, but on their qualities. Non-sponsored reviews and a fit for my needs is what I care about.
Anyway, even recognized brand names were once only starting in fields they ended up dominating. Onyx Boox is a recognizable name in the e-reader space for anyone looking for a non-Kindle e-reader (and probably quite comparable to reMarkable in how "famous" they are).
No it's not a knockoff (although it should be Boox not Box). And Oynx built their own software too? Just on top of Android instead of Linux. It's pretty customized and their apps are well designed to work on eInk screens. Android just adds a boat load of functionality because you get access to a ton of apps that work well on a touch screen.
There's telemetry from Boox's app store, which can be disabled. I can sniff traffic and blog the results, if people are interested.
Edited: I should also note that my threat model is someone who cares about my personal privacy, but my life doesn't depend on it.
Someone else would need to inspect for the kind of rootkits nation-state actors would be worried about. I just use mine to read library books, doodle, and mark up white papers.
Call me old fashioned, but I just cannot take a product with a name like this seriously.
Is it a knockoff sold by OODREEFT on Amazon? Does it come pre-installed with Chinese spyware?
That’s the signal a name like that gives me. Same for the fact that it runs an android variant.
Even if the remarkable software is sometimes suboptimal at least they took the time to build their own.