Drones without GPS will make a difference. It's not the cheapness itself which is the issue. It's about features and capabilities drone and pilot, not about price.
It doesn't take a lot of research on this forum to find expensive GPS drones with flyaway, drifting, and not returning to home, and these are expensive drones. So I see not direct cause of those issues being related to being cheap drones.
With Care Refresh paid program you send your damaged drone to DJI and DJI provides a generally refurbished within days; a fly away drone is also replaced, for a fee. As far as I know there is no equivalent paid service from any other company in...
Well, these carriers are for-profit businesses and should be expected to profit from all aspects of their businesses. Users expect to pay a fee for the services provided by the carriers. I suppose own could eliminate the carrier customs process...