Sometimes ago I found a pair of airpods on a pavement in my city. I started searching for the owner nearby, but nobody showed up, after I keept them in a drawer for a while hoping that the owner would enable lost mode, but they didn't. After 10 days without news I disabled location and started to use them. They are still thetered to the original account. I would be happy to return them, but the owner probably don't know or don't care..
In some fields having a good business and regulatory relationship with the customers (e.g., hospitals, DoD, banks, etc.,) is much tougher than building the product. There are many barriers in place and these fields are not so easily disrupted (having a superior product is definitely not enough).
Also note that having a bad product now that is better than the competition does not mean you cease to improve.
Exactly. I've worked in companies dominating a particular niche. Everything about the technology is "terrible" from an engineer's perspective, and yet nothing shifts their dominance. A massive rewrite that damages customer relationships is more risky than doing nothing to improve it.
Beside the classical setup of homeassistant I have a telegram bot that parse the website of a local used camera gear. Sometimes you can find good deals, but they last a couple of minutes, so having the new deals on time is vital.
Cameras may be obsolete, but old camera lenses can be adapted to modern mirrorless cameras pretty easily, and usually they last more than camera bodies. There are some 70s/80s ones that are pretty decent even for modern standards, plus they have a look that modern lenses don't have.. so prices are rising..