If I were a Sol-Ark rep I wouldn't join the discussion either.
I have 3 brands of inverters now, and I can't see the point of hoping a company does poorly or disappears. When competition goes away, it usually just gets worse. I cringe at the posts that bash on people's equipment, and call it trash.
Factual and helpful is one thing. It's usually not that. There is a trend toward some serious fanboy-ism. My goal lately is to try to ignore it, and find some unanswered post to help out.
I agree with most of that in principle. But when a company bricks inverters that the trusting public purchased, expecting to be able to use them, they really
are trash at that point. Who would want to support such?
Let's not forget that some of the better companies are going out of business from lack of sales while these shady ones steal the market share through their crafty tactics. Not directly related to solar, but I recently discovered that CIE had gone out of business--a company that had existed for nearly a century. "CIE permanently closed on September 30, 2022." Alas! I was a year-and-a-half too late...and just when I intended to patronize them again.
If SolArk stays in business, it's a two-edged sword. Yes, other companies may lower their prices for their competing products; but if they fail on account of insolvency from having too-closely approached the brink in their attempt to compete, it would sure be unfortunate for the inferior company to be the sole survivor.
If two queens are in a bee hive, there's usually a queen fight--a fight to the death. Unfortunately, perhaps to the perplexity of evolutionists, it is not necessarily the best egg layer, nor the one with strongest genetics, who wins--just the best (or luckiest) fighter. Most beekeepers prefer to make the choice themselves, if they have the option, rather than merely letting nature take its course. Perhaps there are lessons to learn from the bees.
