It would take years for anyone to truly catch up with DJI at this point, I don't care how much money you throw at it.
They're one of the few companies to see what the consumer market could be a decade ago, and it paid off.
I disagree with your premise that this launch is not something DJI should be proud of. The multitude of improvements over the current Mavic 3 Pro are indisputable. They had me at up to 10 minutes more flight time and 2 more stops of dynamic...