Safe to say I won't be buying GoPro. This is similar to the record industry and I stopped buying music due to these shenanigans.
The only thing GP does really better, IMO, is that it records at a true 1080p60fps. The sony can record in slowmo, ie capturing at 1080p60 and recording at 1080p30, slowed down.
(Then again maybe that's because I've no use of the features such as the wifi remote)
Is this the same Sony that rootkits users' machines and added the "You cannot sue us" clause in their PlayStation Network EULA after they botched data security?
It's getting harder to find companies who don't demonstrate a skeevy side.
Sony is such a huge conglomerate, you have different types of managers with different morals doing what they feel is right to do.
As of GoPro, they are currently in very strong position. My Orlando Florida BestBuy bud told me they sell five of those per day, comparing to one camcorder/camera a day of all other brands. You could imagine with such a strong position on the market, you have room to act as a FDA, like Jobs would say.
OK, true, but they're not all they same, and not all transgressions are of equivalent morality. They may all be guilty, but they're not all equally guilty.
At the end of the day people have to decide where to draw they line and just stop giving money to certain companies because of their behavior.
Use DMCA, lose me as a customer.