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Tuonov2 Senior Member • Posts: 2,110
Re: May be easier said than done...

Jerry-astro wrote:

The problem is the need for a pretty large front end investment to develop such a product. And, significantly lower pricing would require a much longer time for a developer to get a reasonable ROI (return on investment) and to make the development effort profitable. You would also be entering a market with some significant and well-established competition. People who are accustomed to using current software (C1, LR, etc.) will require good reasons to switch and again, attractive pricing and competitive features/capabilities. Those are not easy barriers to get past.

Bottom line: sounds great in theory. I suspect the reality is that finding a competitor with a product good enough to grab market share at an aggressive price, and do so profitably, might be a bit easier said than done.

Yup,

Exactly this, huge investment requirements with a relatively small market that's already saturated.

Most people with access to that sort of money aren't silly.

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