10-19-2024, 03:24 PM
I would ask whether the manufacturer in question represents a lions share of the market. I'm not proposing that it is so, but the move against DJI might be as simple as an act of consumer protection, if not national security. Setting up a potentially foreign network of devices is something that does present some tangible risks.
For the sake of argument: DJI doesn't sound to me like a "vital and thriving" part of the drone market and user base here in America. It's not like they are the Ford or Chevy of the drone world.
That their products have been flagged as pertaining to the "unavoidable data stream to China" group (like video door bells, personal 'assistants,' "digital" toothbrushes, etc.) is a problem for the product designers and engineers to resolve - rather than hide (or simply not mention.)
I don't think it necessarily represents an assault on personal drone operation overall... but that's not an absolute... who knows how US manufacturing lobbies approach the subject behind closed doors... How "anti-China" paranoia and bias might influence legislators and CEOs... how market share competition might create 'threat imagery' for the game of commerce.
It always seemed that the whole idea of surreptitiously streaming device data "back to the China" is something each user should be both advised of formally and completely, as well as be able to control or refuse as a matter of owner/operator rights.
Overall this capability and practice is happening now in too many devices on the market... drones notwithstanding.
For the sake of argument: DJI doesn't sound to me like a "vital and thriving" part of the drone market and user base here in America. It's not like they are the Ford or Chevy of the drone world.
That their products have been flagged as pertaining to the "unavoidable data stream to China" group (like video door bells, personal 'assistants,' "digital" toothbrushes, etc.) is a problem for the product designers and engineers to resolve - rather than hide (or simply not mention.)
I don't think it necessarily represents an assault on personal drone operation overall... but that's not an absolute... who knows how US manufacturing lobbies approach the subject behind closed doors... How "anti-China" paranoia and bias might influence legislators and CEOs... how market share competition might create 'threat imagery' for the game of commerce.
It always seemed that the whole idea of surreptitiously streaming device data "back to the China" is something each user should be both advised of formally and completely, as well as be able to control or refuse as a matter of owner/operator rights.
Overall this capability and practice is happening now in too many devices on the market... drones notwithstanding.
