After years of relying on GoPro for action shots, I’m tired of the same old story: exciting new hardware, same frustrating overheating shutdowns. The company just dropped the $700 MISSION 1 PRO ILS — a 197-gram FPV-focused camera pitched at drone pilots — and somehow managed to announce it *one day* after agreeing to sell 90% of itself to Starman. The timing feels less like innovation and more like a fire sale with a new product sticker slapped on.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about hating GoPro. I’ve used their gear through multiple generations, from the Hero3 to the Hero11 Black. Each time, I hoped the thermal throttling would be better. Each time, I’d be mid-shoot — whether on a mountain bike trail or flying a quad — only to get the dreaded overheating warning and a forced cooldown. It kills momentum. It ruins takes. And it’s happened so often that I now plan shoots around cooling breaks, not creativity.

The MISSION 1 PRO ILS might be lightweight and FPV-optimized, but unless GoPro finally solved the heat dissipation problem at the architectural level — not just slapped on a firmware tweak or a bigger heat sink — users like me will keep hitting the same wall. Selling 90% of the company raises serious questions about long-term support, too. Who’s actually going to stand behind this product when the parent company is essentially exiting?

I’m not asking for perfection. I’m asking for reliability. If you’ve shot with GoPros for years and still battle overheating, you’re not alone. Drop a comment: has *your* GoPro ever shut down mid-action? Or have you finally found a workaround that works? Let’s talk honestly — because the community deserves better than hype cycles and half-fixes.