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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by bluGill on Friday January 17, 2025 @09:11AM (#42737663)
Back in the day Kodak had to buy back all their instant cameras after losing to Polaroid. Though I'm not sure if law has changed since then (it has, but I'm not sure if in relevant ways), or just that they did that because no being able to make film made them useless and so buyback was a goodwill gesture.
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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by mongol on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:00AM (#42739178)
Could that not have been because they could not sell film for them anymore, rendering them useless? So it was to make customers whole?

Edit: Missed the last part where you said the same

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