I think the reason why you're clashing with some users is your simple unwillingness to accept that the GoPro isn't a coherent system, paired with the fact that you're trying to downplay very real issues.
No, it doesn't take much longer than 20 seconds to acquire satellites. My Mavics don't need longer. If they don't, and they're compact systems too, then there's no excuse for the GoPro either.
The camera never "turns off" anyway, or do you think it's magic that you can remotely turn it on via your phone/wifi? The WiFi module is active even if the cam is off. No reason to not include GPS as well.
But here's where you lost the plot completely, by the looks. A user sometimes needs to make adjustments and learn to use "the equipment correctly" - he is. It's an action cam, designed (by the looks) to take 1 minute action clips. If he needs to wait 5 minutes before the camera (for no real reason, i want to add) is able to do its advertised job, there's not much "action" in the cam, is there. That doesn't even touch the fact that EVEN IF he gets a signal and it records, neither the desktop app nor sometimes the app are able to even use that data (and i did test it deliberately yesterday - waited for the "white GPS marker", drove around the block, checked if it still had signal after the recording - imported in both the app and desktop app - no data there, used third party apps to see if the data was there - used VIRB to double check, works).
I appreciate that you like GoPro, we all have stuff that we love, but fanboying over a clearly flawed (and partially broken if you take Quik into account as well) product doesn't help users nor does it help the product itself.
For comparison, my Mavics never need more than 10 seconds to acquire 7-9 satellites. In literally the same spot as the GoPro.
Hell, i could deal with it taking forever to get a signal, if it were reliable then, but not even that is a given. You can have a GPS signal and still not use the tools given to you by GoPro to actually do anything with it - who's fault is it exactly when the apps tell you "no signal data" if you record with a lit icon? And to be clear, i recorded in 2.7k50, so it's not an HEVC file excuse either.
Here's the thing, if it were a "bonus", sure. But it's an advertised feature that simply doesn't work properly. There's no excuses for that, regardless of how hard you're trying to shift the blame to the users (which is ridiculous in the first place).
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