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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
I wonder how long KFC would last if it was continually "out of chicken"?
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KFC is a chicken restaurant. (For some values of "restaurant.") Astak is a tech company, mostly focused on security cameras & similar items; ebook readers are a small portion of its business.
Which means that the upper-end corporate decisions are being made by people who are used to long-term stable markets; "wire your house with cameras" is not a trendy Christmas gift, and people aren't prone to buying whichever version has the coolest jingle on the commercials this week. They've moved into a market they have the technical expertise for, but lack awareness of the market itself.
And their clumsiness is likely to kill one of the best ereaders available in the US. The other Jinke models don't seem to be sold here.