if kodak spends millions of dollars to create a new product they want millions of people to use.
they better have an easy way for the 999,970,000 people who don't process their film.
its like making a car to sell to a region without gas stations, or roads ...
it kind of sounds like cadillac trying to sell SUV to the inhabitants of the amazon jungle.
i think you are right, some people will buy the film, and self process or send it to a lab
but a lot of people won't ( or maybe do it once ) because it is inconvenient as hell, and $$$.
we analog users are kind of crazy like that, we love inconvenience, we love chemicals that are toxic
that we might have a hard time getting rid of, and we love expensive...
to be honest, i was thinking of buying a brick of the film, and starting a kickstarter to crowd source
me the $$ to pay a lab to get it processed. or better yet, getting an account at a website called patreon
which is a platform that helps connect working artists or student artists or anyone else who creates
with patrons to fund them ...
so who knows ...
maybe i can find a wealthy benefactor to fund my chrome film fix...