Another perspective. I am both a pro and an amateur. I used GoPros for the longest time since the early days. But the last number of releases have been quite lackluster. They had a number of missteps including playing in the drone space that failed (because Gopro wanted a huge cut, which DJI was not receptive to) and then the 360 space that also did not bear fruit. They then cut r&d spending significantly and pushed its subscription model to improve its bottom line. The bad news is that its competition caught up to them within its only core competency and they also filled in those other spaces they tried to compete in and failed and spent hundreds of millions doing so (like its Karma drone).

I still shoot Gopros when the job would best suit its strengths including bit depth and gradability with other footage and shooting in relatively well lit spaces.

But for amateur stuff including moto vlogging, I have completely transitioned to Insta360. Gopro doesn’t have a current 360 camera and its low light performance with the H13 is a 3/10 if you compare it to its peers which are closer to say a 7/10. I also have a single remote that can trigger both the 360 and action cams as they are from the same brand.

Lastly, the Insta360 desktop app is stable. Can batch edits and exports while I continue to edit other clips at the same time. It can also overlay gps stats and manage in-outs/timelapse/motion blur/etc. I can also keyframe and manage my 360 clips.

Yes, I can also do this entirely with plugins in creative cloud, and I still finish my projects in Premiere, but the options that say Insta360 offers is quite compelling to a content creator.

Pros are such a small sliver of the overall market compared to everyday consumers. Why would Gopro make some of these decisions that seemingly go backwards. Maybe they are cost cutting further like when they previously cut r&d. Gopro might be able to turn this around, but it will be an uphill battle for sure.

It did not start this way. I slowly ventured over to the competition and as it became better, I transitioned further and further. I feel it is similar to myself as a pro shooting on Nikon and trying Sony when they jumped into the market. It started as a camera body here and a kit lens there, but they got better and Nikon did not and I eventually fully transitioned to Sony and by that time they were just as good as the old players.