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I Bought Tech Dupes on Temu. The Shoddy Gear Wasn't Worth the $1,260 in Savings
Testing, reporting and writing by Jessica Fierro. Additional reporting and writing by Corinne Reichert. I'm trying out a new pair of earbuds, and it's not going well. They're dupes, $11 replicas of the Apple AirPods Pro 2 that cost me $250. I …