If you don't like the competition, beat them. You just have to be willing to suffer until the market you'd like to serve cares, unless you also have the ability to make them care.
People like Mike Maier don't sit around waiting for someone to care about their product--they give people reasons to stand up and care. Then, they communicate...
(Disclaimer: I manufacture nothing but B.S. Literally. I teach people to understand and write their own language...)
Case in point: In the 1970s and '80s, people began to seriously covet Japanese products, and for good reason. They were just good, and they were just a bit different, in a way people liked. During this time, Taiwan began to join the (manufacturing) fray, and over time, Taiwan learned to make very good stuff--I would happily buy, with confidence, stuff made in Taiwan.
I've been into bicycles for too many decades (see the off-topic BMX thread), and watched this evolution take place (and bought several very good bicycles made in Taiwan). Japan moved on to the bigger and better, and let Taiwan take the reins. The Chinese will catch up, quality-wise, because they care to do so...
Anyhoo, just be the guy or girl who does the job...
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