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by olex 3506 days ago
This is not looking good for GoPro at all. The Karma hasn't had really good reviews from the very start, and once DJI released the Mavic it basically lost all chances of grabbing a significant portion of the market. Now this is adding to the injury.
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Yes exactly.

When I first saw the karma I was intrigued especially because of the removable gimbal but then DJI announced the Mavic Pro and it is just generations ahead of the Karma even thought the gimbal is fixed.

Karma doesn't have any of the flight intelligence that the Mavic has which is very disappointing.

It's dramatic... Wasn't the drone their come back strategy?
I saw it as a way to show off their brand, the same way that car companies have race teams. A bunch of cool GoPro videos on YouTube, drone displays in stores, etc. But they undersold even the conservative sales figure needed to accomplish that marketing goal. Now it seems they have abandoned it entirely (at least for the time being).