Damn, first time I read about that I understood it as 5$ for the app and done, nit 5$ A MONTH.
I chose the wrong horse. Wtf Canon, I’ve given you fuckers tens of thousands of dollars over the years and you artificially restrict functionality to nickle and dime me?
Guess I’ll sell my lenses and switch to Sony or Nikon then. Sucks to suck!
The until-very-recently closed off RF mount was another indicator. Their first party glass is great, but it’s not cheap.
Yeah, on my old Canon 7D and 1Dmk2, my favorite lens was actually a Tamron (pretty wide zoom, super sharp, and aperture got down to 2)
Probably because the software team is under a different cost center than the hardware/camera team, and they weren’t generating revenue. So the idiot assholes at the top of the SW side said “we can monetize our webcam software” and a bunch of people agreed so they could look relevant and keep their jobs. Capitalism!
I’ve worked in corporate America long enough to know this is exactly what happens. Companies will look at departments by revenue and just consider everything else expenses. They don’t consider that people won’t buy your hardware without good software support.
I stopped by HP long before their hardware went to shit because their drivers went to complete crap. I know I’m not alone on this. So what did HP do when their sales went down? Did they reinvest in good drivers and firmware? Nope, they just loaded their drivers with adware and made things even worse. When they didn’t work they started using cheaper parts in their printers. The LaserJet printers dominated the corporate landscape 20 years ago. Then they all got slowly replaced by Brother because Brother invested in good drivers and firmware.
