It definitely seems like you're making a lot of subjective conclusions with very little fact and only speculation.
One thing that is worth reflecting on is thinking about it from different perspectives.
what if shedding all the inventory from brs was a move to renegotiate margins? That seems more plausible than, "let's cut sales on popular product and shrink our market share". The "spite" angle, although drums up emotions and sparks debate, just doesn't seem like something a company would do.
Another perspective is that coral view was a pipeline to overseas products and it's very likely that depending on how secure their contracts are with these companies, perhaps APL is simply wanting to go directly to the source. Again, that seems more plausible than "Spite".
I also go a step further and know that there are private areas on the internet where people gather and knowingly, willingly create a front for propaganda. Recently, Hydros has been the focus of one of these propaganda campaigns. It doesn't take much to know that hydros is a shell of what people are saying it is, however the conversations that surround it seem to make it a direct competitor to GHL and Neptune. Which arguably far from the truth.
Based on your experience, you definitely have strong emotional animosity towards neptune to the point it inspired you to make and edit a long video. I get the need to let off steam, but you'd have to accompany accusations with fact.
Whether or not your part of the propaganda machine or a product of their efforts, I'd be skeptical of what you hear and read about the drama surrounding this topic.
It's not far fetched to think that if companies start to lose revenue based on the economic climate, CV would be more likely to go under before APL. There's no doubt there is a retraction in the industry It's going to be a tough road ahead for CV as well as those that bought into their ecosystem knowing there's a strong chance that hydros will fail just like many controller products before them.
Don't take my work for it, look at all the controllers that have came and gone from our hobby.
When given the big picture things start to seem outlandish when people speculate while looking through a microscope.
I get that emotions want Neptune, BRS, Ecotech, AI to fail, but wouldn't the smaller companies go down before the behemoth?
Do you think that perhaps CV realizes this and is using unorthodox techniques to shape the narrative in their favor?
Perspective and reason is everything. Something I'm finding a few fellow hobbyist have neither of.
Thank you for sharing yours and hope your day is well.
