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> Already a lot of counterfeit users of FTDI (i.e. knockoff Arduinos and cheap "VAG-COM KKL" auto diagnostic cables) are switching to CH340 instead of buying real FTDI.
The driver situation for CH340 seems a bit sketchy. Whenever I've considered buying cheap Arduino Uno R3 clones via aliexpress.com, but then first went searching for CH340 OS X drivers, all I've found have been drivers on random sites whose provenance seems to be "I found this somewhere". Often these are unsigned drivers so I'd have to disable driver signing to use them, although last time I looked there was a set of signed drivers floating around.
For Arduino knockoffs, I prefer something that uses the same hardware that a genuine Arduino would use, or something that works with the CDC driver that comes with the OS. For Uno R3, this is the clone I'm using for development [1]. It uses an ATmega16u2 to handle the USB, which is what a genuine Uno R3 uses.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P2FX9WY?psc=1&redirect=t...