Problem with no emuNAND is the cart will have less value than as of right now.
Maybe they will release a newer revision with no blue cart to compensate?
BTW is it confirmed no kernel exploit but rather a reprogrammed FPGA that clones sky3DS?
Thats flawed logic...
Sure, the 9.x version would hypothetically have less functionality than the 4.x version - BUT we've already concluded that anyone that wants to can get a 4.x device.
And since there are a lot of people that can't or won't do this for a wide range of reasons, this new option is basicly an alternative.
An alternative for people that (for whatever reason) have excluded the option to get a 4.x device.
So, since 4.x features are beyond reach for these users, that leaves them with (as of 'right now' if you include Gateway 9.x) two options.
1 - They can get a SKY3DS and lock themselves to 10 games they can save with.
2 - They can go with Gateway which would not have a 10 game limit but would likely be single-ROM.
Please note that neither the future additions or changes to SKY3DS nor the feature-set for Gateway are set in stone.
TL;DR - No, this will not have "less value than we have right now", since its effectively for a different kind of user.
A type user that has excluded themselves from the 4.x option to begin with.
Now, the question; "Would they release a newer revision with no blue card to compensate?"
Thats just pure human greed talking. Oh if I can't use that anyway, can't you just remove it and gimme a discount?
While ofcourse theoretically possible, it would add a bunch of additional maintenance on their end which wouldn't necessarily make sense.
That said, I'm sure that a "clone" would hit the market without the blue card and for a compensated competative price point.
It'd shave off what? The equivalents of these blue cards are sold for $5? That means that their production costs are a fraction of that.