• N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    “We’re looking to expand into the terrorist market. We see it as a growth industry given the mounting civil unrest all over the world.”

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    1 year ago

    DJI pilots are either very skilled professionals or inconsiderate wannabe photographers. Freestyle quad pilots rule.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah the FPV community is way better because they actually have to know what they’re doing mostly. They’re mildly noncompliant but only regarding the regs that shouldn’t apply to the size of stuff they fly; RID, registration, and BVLOS don’t make sense for airframes lighter than a goose. They tend to avoid other people because they understand the public is wary of drones and they’re wary of Karens and untrained cops. They put far more hours on their airframes than any of the other amateur operators but every single time I’ve been near a drone doing something dangerous, stupid, or annoying it was a DJI.

  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    DJI voluntarily created its geofencing feature, so it makes a certain degree of sense that the company would get rid of it now that the US government no longer seems to appreciate its help, is blocking some of its drone imports, calls DJI a “Chinese Military Company,” and has started the countdown clock on a de facto import ban.

    That sounds exactly like how Trump does business, tit for tat and quid pro quos… thats also why Zuck is acting out - gonna be a wild 4 years

  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    They were about the only hobbyist level drone manufacturer that was doing any sort of geofencing at all. Unsurprising they stopped when none of the other companies saw repercussions for not doing it.