Perhaps we are seeing a change in the business model towards pre-purchasing that open the field with a lot of possibilities and enhancements. The traditional market won't dissapear but the cheese has moved and it hurts to some companies and distributors.

Thus, projects that in the past would never see the light (like DayOne) now can get a niche of followers and collaborators.

Tell me If I am wrong: The super-laser beam lives for 160 ns, the speed of light is 299792458 m/s so in a nanosecond the beam runs along 0,3 meters and in 160 ns the beam dissapears at 47 meters. Hey! its very risky to shot this ray so near to the Death Star, only Skywalker can do this feat.