"What was once the realm of enthusiasts sharing ideas now becomes a free market research tool for the opportunistic."
perhaps this is an awareness issue, I have long regarded procooling, and in the past OCF and OCAU, as a resource
e.g. all of my early articles' content were debated and discussed extensively on OCAU (prior to Cathar)
e.g. beerhunter (I think ??) turned me on to Laing pumps, and that was all it took !
(well, that and our previous pump supplier dumping on us at the same time)
many many other examples of my using info from the forums
to what purpose Cathar were your polls on OCAU ?
paying attention to the forums is simply good business at this stage
wrt R&D, such budgets are a % of a company's gross, it is a stretch to think that a small company has the same resources as a larger one which is, lamentably, why corners are cut
I do believe people should make their own products and not blatant copies
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