Paid-in-full GC3 owners: Foresight+ Gold is bait-and-switch—here's how to fight back

[forever2hui]

Paid-in-full GC3 owner here. I bought a "fully unlocked" device — Foresight's own launch marketing said "no software subscription necessary." If I wanted subscription software, why wouldn't I just buy the Bushnell Launch Pro?

Now the new generation of software is locked behind Foresight+ Gold at $599/yr ($299/yr for two years under the "loyalty" deal, then full price). That's not an "option to upgrade." That's bait-and-switch.

I emailed support on September 18. No response.

If you bought outright like me, don't just vent here — make it cost them:

1. File with the FTC: reportfraud.ftc.gov
2. File with the BBB at bbb.org — they get 14 days to respond, and silence hurts their rating
3. File with your state AG (California: oag.ca.gov)
4. Email Vista Outdoor / Revelyst media relations: media.relations@vistaoutdoor.com — ask the questions Foresight won't answer: did leadership know? Will they grandfather GC3 owners?

I'm going through all four — the more of us on record, the harder it is to ignore.

[forever2hui]

Whoever came up with the idea of charging paid-in-full owners a subscription — and whoever signed off on it — is a fking moron. We're not idiots — we paid top dollar specifically to avoid subscriptions. Now you're telling us the buyout still needs a subscription to run the software? That's a fking joke.

[xslash10x]

I'm not a lawyer but couldn't Foresight just say that they're not forcing anyone to upgrade and customers that paid for unlocked devices can continue to use the Play software?

[Fawley]

I don't get the angst from current owners of unlocked units. They have exactly the same unit, with exactly the same software and exactly the same third party integration available to them as when they bought their launch monitor. They got and will continue to get precisely what they paid for. No one is forcing them into signing up for the new software or membership plans.

[forever2hui]

Here's what you don't get: nobody took our old software away. The problem is what Foresight promised when they took our money — "fully unlocked," "no software subscription necessary." Now the biggest software release in company history is locked behind Foresight+ Gold. That's not an "option." That's bait-and-switch.

And here's the part that should worry Foresight: paid-in-full owners are their most loyal customers — the people who trusted them enough to pay top dollar to avoid subscriptions. The answer to that loyalty is: pay us more, every year, forever.

If subscription is the game now, why wouldn't I just sell this thing and buy a BLP for half the price? Same subscription model, half the money. What exactly is Foresight offering that justifies the premium anymore?