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When you install a Go or Fly app on Android, in order to use that app, you are granting that app wide access to your phone. It requests access to the microphone, camera, location, storage, network settings, etc. None of that is unexpected for what the app needs to do. When you couple that...

Amtrak-in-Chief, President Past-His-Bedtime He's no longer a player in this game.

It's too late for DJI to try to appease the Orange Autocrat of Avoidable Price Surges. Congress passed the bill with broad bipartisan support that will effectively ban DJI, and Biden signed it. An executive order signed by the president would not be able to override the terms defined by the...

That is completely false. New drones from DJI would get banned from two things under the purview of the FCC The FCC requires devices that emit radiofrequency (RF) energy to be authorized before they can be imported, marketed, or sold in the U.S.. This ensures they don't cause harmful...

That's not always true. The NDAs that I have signed have not prevented me from saying that I am under an NDA. Letting someone see hardware covered by that NDA would be a violation of that NDA. And the US is probably the last place a pre-release DJI drone would be floating around. A 1"...

How do you know that they haven't done so? Companies filing IP-related legal actions often do not announce them.

IANAL, but DJI has probable grounds to sue the other entity on trademark infringement or trade dress infringement. If a court rules that the other site was causing customer confusion, it could award damages and have the domain name turned over to DJI. DJI could be doing this already; they...

I think you are giving "slim" too much weight. I was more or less kidding about the EO. The president can't override a federal statute with an executive order. EO's apply to federal agencies, but within the guidelines of existing laws. Since the DJI actions were defined in the 2025 NDAA...

This is one of the things where a tariff might have made some sense.

I never suggested that anyone should sit back and do nothing. I'm saying that calling instead of emailing will be more effective. A "dead tree letter" would be marginally more effective than an email. You want the staffers to listen to your voice. How well did the email campaigns work for...

DJI absolutely cares about the U.S.; it’s about 30% of their business. They’re just navigating the reality of the current market and regulations. And let’s be clear: the same rules and restrictions that affect DJI and Autel apply to any Chinese drone company trying to sell here, including...

Congress implemented the restrictions. If they get enough heat, they can request that the President create an executive order that delays the actions against DJI until a security review has been performed.

The end result is that the official pipeline for sales to the US has been turned off, and there is no real warranty support. Yes, you can buy grey-market drones, but you have to deal with the vagaries of the US Customs Service and no after-sales support. You don't have to turn off the sales...

I totally get the idea behind doing an email campaign — it feels like an easy way for a lot of people to speak up at once. The problem is, congressional staffers can spot those mass emails instantly. They know when it’s part of an organized push, and those messages usually get lumped together...

I don't think DJI is even going to try to bring this one to the US in the current environment. They could have brought the Mini 5 in, but chose not to.