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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TieuNgao" data-source="post: 430022" data-attributes="member: 6993">I think this practice is a win-win situation.To the customers who already owned the cameras, they'll be happy to have new features added to their cameras, free of charge.To the new customers, they feel confident that the cameras they're going to buy won't become obsolete soon with continuously improved performance and updated features.To the manufacturers, their older cameras stay competitive for longer time because the updated features are comparable with their competitors' newer models. Being able to sell existing models will bring them more profits than producing (and selling) new models.Of course there's a limit the new firmware can do. At some point the manufacturers have to replace the old models with the new ones, but this cycle will be longer and that helps bring the cost down, which is good for everyone.</blockquote>