Oh, I definitely agree with you on that. Unless you're a school or similar institution that needs to go with the safe choice, I really don't understand how Arduino™ makes any sales.
The clones are so much less expensive than the official Arduinos that there's no comparison. Even the versions that Adafruit makes that IMHO, improve the design cost less than the official arduinos. So it's not a surprise that the Chinese clones will be dirt cheap. I'm not complaining though. I have a board where the Nano (clone) itself is by far the cheapest "chip" in the BOM. Precision analog devices are expensive and my 50 or so boards sold each year can't compete with the Shenzen manufacturers' economies of scale.
