So... what is everyones thoughts about some HTC top dogs jumping shark?
Rats fleeing a sinking ship?
That's an interesting story, isn't it?
First, the obligatory correction of the blogosphere's claims about HTC revenues -
http://androidforums.com/htc-one/685313-your-thoughts-expectations-htc-one-m7-4.html#post5721482
Anyhoo, for those that missed it -
HTC loses their Chief Product Officer - Is HTC in trouble?
So, I think you've got something, but the question is, who are the rats?
HTC has made just insane decisions lately.
- Ultrapixel
- Fancy name for 4.2 MP instead of more
- This is a great move, the megapixel myth is real
- Then - they go and hose up severely
- Intense image compression that people are blaming on the number of megapixels
- "Optimized for social media uploads!"
- Could have been a freaking adjustment
- Gathers more light!
- Actually, gathers about the same light as last year's One X
- But due to fewer pixels, could have had less noise
- Except compression brought it back and more
- Insane auto-exposure error in camera on delivery
- New myth: gathers more light=bad daylight photos
- Fixed by update, but myth will remain
- No one is re-re-reviewing the camera
- Who didn't test this against last year's camera???
- Excellent camera hamstrung at delivery
- One piece construction!
- Except for the pieces glued on the front to complete the package
- Two buttons!
- Repeat of the on-screen overflow button, the most-complained about feature of last year
- Change the kernel, presto-chango, the logo is now a button

- Seriously. Two freaking buttons???
- Blinkfeed!
- So cool you can't live without it!

- No, seriously - you can't turn it off.
- No, you can't customize it and add RSS feeds or anything we don't give you.
- What do you mean you don't want American feeds on Blinkfeed? If you don't like our phone in Germany or the UK you can just move bozo!

- Ok, this time we mean it, we're concentrating on One great phone!
- BTW - have you seen our fabulous new Facebook phone!

- We have an exclusive on it!

- We're going to clean up on it, who doesn't like Facebook?

- Did we mention we have an exclusive?

- What could possibly go wrong?

- Wait - what do you mean, a week later you can get the app from the Store and run it on anything??

- Everyone has opinions on no sd card or replaceable battery, so I won't bother (much)
- Some people really care
- This actually goes both ways, I'm sick and tired of sd cards

- Some really don't
- Bad or no advertising
- Really HTC? You couldn't afford a few YouTubes with real people?

So, if the people leaving were in any way responsible for that, great.
From their comments - who the heck knows, yeah?
