GoPro could turn themselves around if they supported their customer community by opening up their hardware interfaces more and allowed more robust fine-grain control over aperature, shutter, iso, white balance via usb and wifi/Bluetooth with API support so we developers can create sale-generating software that makes their fantastic hardware more useful. It won't hurt them to open these controls up. Also make streaming to devices in real-time with as low latency as possible would be nice. Also lowering the price couldn't hurt but they do have one of the better waterproof systems out there so maybe that's not feasible? All of this would open up their market to tinkering enthusiasts as well without making things more complex for their existing market.
GoPro has discontinued its developer program
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Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#12Off topic, but if anyone from their marketing team reads this, one of the activities[1] on the HERO6 Black sales page[2] is a surefire way to crack your skull open.
[1] https://i.imgur.com/ZuOmIrV.jpg
[2] https://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero6-black/CHDHX-601-ma...
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
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Exactly, a hundred Chinese companies can pump out cameras like theirs. What they had going for them was their genericized trademark of a name - people calling all action cameras GoPros - which eventually would have or did come back and bite them. Their stock price is less than a tenth what it once was.
People are buying Chinese action cameras in such droves? Everyone I know with an action camera owns a GoPro. Something seems amiss to me, though perhaps things are different in California. But then why just these cameras? There are plenty of types of devices that have viable Chinese knockoffs for cheap, yet the non-Chinese brands thrive or at least sustain.
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Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#14Off topic, but if anyone from their marketing team reads this, one of the activities[1] on the HERO6 Black sales page[2] is a surefire way to crack your skull open. [1] https://i.imgur.com/ZuOmIrV.jpg [2] https://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero6-black/CHDHX-601-ma...
Nah, it's a tricycle!
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#15Off topic, but if anyone from their marketing team reads this, one of the activities[1] on the HERO6 Black sales page[2] is a surefire way to crack your skull open. [1] https://i.imgur.com/ZuOmIrV.jpg [2] https://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero6-black/CHDHX-601-ma...
Which one? The one with the guy skateboarding without a helmet? The guy on the edge of a rocky cliff? The guy standing at night on a rock formation on the beach? The women biking without helmets without their feet on the pedals? Or the kayakers going over a waterfall?
If I didn't know better, I would think filming yourself cracking your skull open is exactly what they're selling.
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#16Off topic, but if anyone from their marketing team reads this, one of the activities[1] on the HERO6 Black sales page[2] is a surefire way to crack your skull open. [1] https://i.imgur.com/ZuOmIrV.jpg [2] https://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero6-black/CHDHX-601-ma...
i ride my bike like that all the time
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#17GoPro could turn themselves around if they supported their customer community by opening up their hardware interfaces more and allowed more robust fine-grain control over aperature, shutter, iso, white balance via usb and wifi/Bluetooth with API support so we developers can create sale-generating software that makes their fantastic hardware more useful. It won't hurt them to open these controls up. Also make streamin…
Except it's already clear they want customer lock-in on their products. You can't use the remote app without being logged in (which I can't even get to connect, but that's another complaint). Something about some cloud service that costs $5/month to use. Their remote app is clearly the funnel to sell this service, so why would they open up their API? At this point I'm just going to start buying Chinese knock-offs that don't make me create an online account to use the hardware.
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly, a hundred Chinese companies can pump out cameras like theirs. What they had going for them was their genericized trademark of a name - people calling all action cameras GoPros - which eventually would have or did come back and bite them. Their stock price is less than a tenth what it once was.
People are buying Chinese action cameras in such droves? Everyone I know with an action camera owns a GoPro. Something seems amiss to me, though perhaps things are different in California. But then why just these cameras? There are plenty of types of devices that have viable Chinese knockoffs for cheap, yet the non-Chinese brands thrive or at least sustain.
> People are buying Chinese action cameras in such droves? Everyone I know with an action camera owns a GoPro.
At least in my circles of people who are relatively well to do, yes, quite a few bought Chinese knockoffs on online retailers like Amazon. Hell, when you search GoPro on Amazon Canada a Chinese knockoff is the first result and has over a thousand more reviews than the actual GoPro!
Re: GoPro has discontinued its developer program
#20Off topic, but if anyone from their marketing team reads this, one of the activities[1] on the HERO6 Black sales page[2] is a surefire way to crack your skull open. [1] https://i.imgur.com/ZuOmIrV.jpg [2] https://shop.gopro.com/EMEA/cameras/hero6-black/CHDHX-601-ma...
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