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<blockquote data-quote="J-see" data-source="post: 430222" data-attributes="member: 31330">There's also little economic benefit to such an idea.Improving people's current cam all the time only lengthens the period before they buy a new one. You can update firmware to get rid of problems but to improve performance isn't a very good economic decision when you're selling the hardware.It's not different from those cell phone carrier companies. They slap you silly with discounts and advantages when you're not a customer while they throw you a bone once every blue moon if you are a customer already because the reality is; if you're already using them, you'll probably keep using them no matter what.It's the same with Nikon. If we buy a cam, that's likely the cheaper part of all the money we will invest, or have invested into them, and odds are high we will buy one of their new cams too. Improving the gear we already bought won't make any difference to that.The only difference is that they invest money which has no return in profit. Capitalism does not jibe with altruism.It would be identical to doing a photo-shoot with a customer and then every three months taking better shots than the previous for free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J-see, post: 430222, member: 31330"] There's also little economic benefit to such an idea. Improving people's current cam all the time only lengthens the period before they buy a new one. You can update firmware to get rid of problems but to improve performance isn't a very good economic decision when you're selling the hardware. It's not different from those cell phone carrier companies. They slap you silly with discounts and advantages when you're not a customer while they throw you a bone once every blue moon if you are a customer already because the reality is; if you're already using them, you'll probably keep using them no matter what. It's the same with Nikon. If we buy a cam, that's likely the cheaper part of all the money we will invest, or have invested into them, and odds are high we will buy one of their new cams too. Improving the gear we already bought won't make any difference to that. The only difference is that they invest money which has no return in profit. Capitalism does not jibe with altruism. It would be identical to doing a photo-shoot with a customer and then every three months taking better shots than the previous for free. [/QUOTE]

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