Re: Hogan's article - The DSLR cash cow is alive for how long?
1bwana1 wrote:
The fact that in his article Hogan is saying that these new cameras are not worth the upgrade for most, is more likely to discourage people from using affiliate links on his site to buy one. This disproves your first paragraph rather well.
He is saying is that these DSLR cameras are not worth the upgrade for most, as he wants everyone to buy all-new mirrorless systems rather than use the existing systems that they have and sometimes buy a new camera or lens.
He doesn't want to save our money. He wants a disruption that changes the technology so that the boom can return to the camera business. But what he doesn't understand is that since long ago, most of us have already gotten all the things that we could possibly need and this is a good thing. Mirrorless won't create another boom and that's the way it should be. The gear that already exists should be used until it can no longer be repaired and only then new purchases should be made, with whatever technology is current at the time.
He wants a prosperous camera business that will forever keep growing. I want a world where unnecessary consumption is avoided, because I actually care about the future of the planet and the future of humanity.
Not buying new things in order to save the environment is another cause you are going to lose. People are just not built that way.
It's not the way people are built in the DNA, but something that advertising, social media, youtube, etc. creates of us, by making us associate our self-worth with things we own rather than for example the friends and activities that we participate in, or things we learn.
All the world is spinning around consumption and this would quickly end if advertising were forbidden. It's not that we'd go out of our way to find stuff to buy, things that we don't need and don't know that exits.
Jan 08, 2020 at 11:22 AM
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