>>3272356>buying decisions on whether a company decides to keep making film or not.its more about fuji's contempt for its userbase. either work with people or shut up shop on fujifilm and stop this death by 1000 cuts shit
Kodak - Went through hell and back after declaring bankruptcy. re-releasing stuff that has long been discontinued. works close-ish with their userbase
Ilford - Downsized their factory to save on running costs. Run yearly pre-orders on their more oddball stuff and sizes. and up until a few years ago, there was quite a nice rep on one of the forums i used to visit who gave everyone quite a detailed insight into how the company was doing, what they were planning and generally just engaged their buyers.
Fuji North America - "Where did you hear that? we dont know anything about that"
Fuji Japan - "Fuck you, here bomb, buy instax"
Point is, I don't want to buy into a digital system that could be canned at the drop of a hat
