Comment by xlayn | Hacker News Reader

Comment by xlayn | Hacker News Reader

The report is about GoPro cutting a % of their workforce because lower than expected sales.

I see 3 different kind of comments for this entry:

-A comment about an opinion of a GoPro camera... this reflects on "I would not buy another because".

-A comment about internal politics about the company...

-People stating "I have one" why should I have another?

with that said, most of them are about "I have one" or "I don't see a reason to buy another", the market has got to a point where most of the people who have bought one doesn't see a reason and the company have not provide one.

How is possible that no one on GoPro had done a market investigation prior to set quarter goals? for me this is a failure of estimating sales where there were no sales to be performed.

The real question here is "What is this new feature that would make our users want to buy a new one?" that would reflect on stronger sales?

someone to watch your 4 hours of boring helmetcam video, pick out the coolest 90 seconds worth, edit it into a cool video, and put it to hip music then upload it. That is a feature I would pay for! Gopro is great but the editing process sucks and is totally boring.

I wonder what it would cost to have a Mechanical Turk do this. How much would you be willing to pay?

You mean Shred Video?

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/21/shred-video-turns-hours-of-...

Something people often forget is that consumers aren't the only ones buying GoPros. They're used a ton by other businesses. And for businesses they're pretty much considered disposable since they're so much cheaper than an actual video camera.

I would just want a much better battery life, and software and UI that doesn't utterly suck.

The only good thing about the GoPro is the lens/sensor and the case/mount system. The camera itself needs a lot of work.

* I'd want a better camera for photos (I don't know if this is possible, and I bet this is not the principal use case of the gopro, but nonetheless I sometimes take pictures with it (maybe before I had a good smartphone) and it's just bad)

* I'd want a screen on it (I think for the last one you can buy one, but the fact that I'm not sure tells a lot)

* I'd want the interface to be easier to navigate (to setup the time, resolution, fps, etc... it's a pain)

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