I agreed with you up to the point where it appeared as if you felt that logophiles are miserable and spread misery. That being said, I appreciate your perspective and I'm sorry sharing what brings me joy has the opposite effect on you.
A more stable relationship is when feelings crystalize, but until then, there's limerence. Two-way limerent relationships are as unstable as a bottle of undiluted nitroglycerin. In any case, limerent relationships are quite common, and are the stuff of music, art, and poetry.
The only source is the absolutely bonkers price -- that's why it's an assumption.
In all seriousness, if I were to release open source hardware and software, I'd charge a price like that to ensure that my time would be reasonably compensated for what's clearly going to involve small production batches of hand-built-in-the-first-world items.
They share a brand for mutual benefit. As far as I'm concerned, they can take the Electrolux and pyrex route and share the mutual pain of the other side being overly capitalist.
Haier & GE in the US can rebrand if they don't like the attention.
I'm trying to remember which company it was that sued their foreign trademark licensee because the partner chose to use inferior parts. The argument they used was that the partner damaged the global brand. It might not be relevant if the licensor is the one that's messing up here.
They're different, but not opposite. It's like comparing height and colour.