It's wild to me, as someone that's used Zeros for a long time, that they've kept the X around as long as they have given how much overlap there is between the two designs. It's odd to see the Syzr and sad to see the Frog go, but that's a super crowded market and neither of them really have a brand image as standout products. Wahoo's acquisition still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, but given where they're at as a growing company, it's not surprising that they'd dump anything that isn't profitable, and unfortunately customer goodwill from stuff like X cleats probably doesn't show up on their balance sheet.
And agreed on Speedplay's seemingly bygone litigiousness. I bought 3rd party titanium spindles for my Zeros, and it was like you had to know a guy and then he had to know a secret handshake
Didn't and wouldn't stop me from buying from them because they offer a unique product, but they'd have been a whole lot better off to just let it be.