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Maybe a mix of multiple factors including "business"? - e.g. more cost effective to use the same HW on multiple devices but limiting their capabilities through
by zepearl 8y ago
Maybe a mix of multiple factors including "business"?
- e.g. more cost effective to use the same HW on multiple devices but limiting their capabilities through SW by segment => total cost covered by many sold med-end devices AND few high-end devices?
- and/or maybe what "magic lantern" allows to do wasn't certified to work on 100% of the HW.
- and/or "magic lantern" did some own SW development, which would mean "additional costs" if done by a company (and here is where open source hits one of its targets?). Meaning that maybe at a certain point Canon said "ok, we've spent all our budget for this price class of camera vs. the expected earnings, so that's it".
Cheers