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So apparently GoPro's issues are getting worse. They announced that they are pulling out of the drone business with the Karma being a failure and they'd be putting themselves up for sale or partnership after hiring JP Morgan to assist. Didn't they just announce a sponsorship extension with MX/SX? I also worry for the TLD team as they are a big sponsor. Link.
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The Karma is a good toy but painfully overpriced for what you get. For the same price, the Mavic is a far more capable machine. from a drone perspective and very comparable on the camera side as well.
It's a good drone, but the value isn't there compared to the others available. For the same price, I got a drone that was less than half the size, lighter, faster, flies longer, and has more features.
The upside for the Karma is using the GoPro itself separately, but it seems that wasn't enough to sway the drone market as they weren't looking for a multi-use product and more of the "best drone" for the money.
I have constantly checked every year for them to increase the bit rate at which their cams record at because that was always an issue for me and if any company had the resources for R&D it was them...but they never have. I feel like that is a major reason for their downfall. The innovation stopped a couple years ago.
They will restructure and figure it out. But it’s gonna take a while
In the nerherlands we are not allowed to use a helmet cam on any track since start of 2017.
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I see the same regurgitated bs all the time about "lack of innovation". If people really think there is nothing going on year to year then they obviously haven't bought any cameras lately. I refuse to believe I'm some sort of camera reviewing prodigy, so if I can see a huge difference in image quality and realistic picture (ie not flattened out of slow looking), then anyone who is actually buying cameras would as well.
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