Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?

Post by lokar » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:22 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #318

lokar wrote: post #216

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The CCP has publicly explained that their strategy is indeed to dominate key sectors via gov subsidies, de-industrialize other nations and gain strategic leverage in the process.

Why doesn't America do that too? It seems to work really really well.

Post by cindyllm » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #322

jodrellblank wrote: post #292

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The irony of (teacher) reciting a pledge in support of 'liberty and justice for all' and then falling apart because a child has tried to use some of that liberty, then wishing and perpetuating injustice upon them in retaliation, is strong. If one's ideals fall over so easily, what would happen in the event of an actual serious attack on those ideals?

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Post by RiggedEconomy » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

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I’ve owned a lot of Gopro cameras, having done video capture for a variety of motorsports, and they just got too expensive for what you get. You can be more expensive if you’re better, or you can be worse if you’re cheaper, but they’re both the downsides while living purely off brand recognition. They also blew up in a time where there wasn’t any real competition. Sony had action cameras but they were bulkier and exp…

GoPro is a US company designed in U.S. with manufacturing in Thailand, China, and Mexico. Insta360 is a Chinese company designed in Shenzhen and built there, too. People think this doesn’t matter, but GoPros are used all over in aerospace. If we replaced the brand with Insta360, that puts a big attack vector all over the place. A similar pattern happened with drones with DJI, intentionally killing all non-Chinese dro…

Post by UltraSane » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC

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coldtea wrote: post #288

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> But China’s industrial dominance is also the government immiserating its people Didn't they bring hundreds of millions out of poverty, and built amazing cities and facilities in the past 30 years? > Domestic consumption in China is famously low Compared to what, the US? Compared to China is at a historical high, isn't it? And they're doing quite well even compared to like 70% of the world and rising.

> Didn't they bring hundreds of millions out of poverty, and built amazing cities and facilities in the past 30 years? Yes, but China-bad ideology demands that we ask ”at what cost?”

Post by inigyou » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC

dismalaf wrote: post #170

johannes1234321 wrote: post #98

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This thread was about omnipresent flag presence in factories and such. And the way it's done in America is different from many other countries.

Is it? The car dealership near where I grew up had a 100 foot tall pole with a Canadian flag at least 10 feet wide, probably more. And that's a car dealership... Flags were everywhere: gyms, offices, banks, schools, etc... Can't say I toured any factories to specifically know if they were there, but I'm guessing yes. Of course now it's different, the flag is less common, to the point in my home province (Alberta) you…