If it wasn’t strictly bound to origin but could be, say, at least “licensed out” (perhaps with the places of origin still at least getting a small cut) it could be a win-win-win.
But as it is it’s just artificially inflating prices of goods that are potentially just as good (or in some cases potentially even worse) than some alternatives.
No, quality is independent of location of production. Proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say. Reputation is tied to the producer. Quality is tied to an individual instance of the product. Thats why certain things have QA tags. This technology doesn’t represent quality. It only verifies sourcing.
Can only judge quality by trademarks and place of origin is essentially an extension of trademark. I don’t really have a problem with it.
If it wasn’t strictly bound to origin but could be, say, at least “licensed out” (perhaps with the places of origin still at least getting a small cut) it could be a win-win-win.
But as it is it’s just artificially inflating prices of goods that are potentially just as good (or in some cases potentially even worse) than some alternatives.
No, quality is independent of location of production. Proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say. Reputation is tied to the producer. Quality is tied to an individual instance of the product. Thats why certain things have QA tags. This technology doesn’t represent quality. It only verifies sourcing.