LIDL Parkside DM300 C3 Autoranging digital multimeter. Dangerous design flaw?

The DM 300 C3 multimeter appears to be a replacement for the DM 300 C2 version which has previously been on sale. Let's take a look at it and see if it has any flaws.... it does.

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00:00 Introduction
03:21 Unbox and manual
05:48 Fit supplied battery
06:23 Power up and test
07:21 OEM: all-sun.com
09:25 Continuity buzzer
12:15 DC Voltage
14:00 1kHz signal
14:52 DC current and a design flaw
18:40 Ohms and AC Volts
19:30 Teardown
21:40 Possible backlight upgrade
23:55 Conclusion