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GoPro is in serious financial trouble. Action camera giant is at risk for potential bankruptcy (www.digitalcameraworld.com)
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[โ€“] pieberry@lemmy.today 15 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Didn't GoPro start requiring online activation of their cameras a while back? Like customers couldn't use it out of the box until they installed the smartphone app and activated it?

Edit: Looks like GoPro did try doing it by using dark patterns first and then getting more aggressive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gopro/comments/16n6xyr/so_you_need_the_gopro_quik_app_to_activate_the/

[โ€“] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Hah, and here I was thinking of getting a GoPro as a dash cam/rear cam. Sucks to suck GoPro lost another customer.