After December 23rd will online store still be able to sell existing inventory?

[WildcatDave]

Look how confusing this is for all of us. What a ridiculous mess. I am likely going to purchase a spare drone on Dec. 22nd just to be sure... Doesn't the US governement have something better to do with my tax money???

 

[Cybernaut]

Amazon is still selling aftermarket batteries and props from China for the Mavic Pro. I just bought both.

The DJI site is no longer selling Mavic Pro batteries or props.

 

[Cybernaut]

Look how confusing this is for all of us. What a ridiculous mess. I am likely going to purchase a spare drone on Dec. 22nd just to be sure... Doesn't the US governement have something better to do with my tax money???

This all stems from a law China passed a few years ago that requires all Chinese manufacturers to cooperate with China's intel services. That opened the gates for concerns about hacking and security. As far as I know, there is zero evidence that DJI has engaged in any mischief. I understand that the lobbying by USA drone manufacturers has been tremendous. The best way to increase business is to knock out the #1 competitor.

Did you invest in stock for USA manufacturers? I'll bet most members of Congress did.

 

[mhodish]

This all stems from a law China passed a few years ago that requires all Chinese manufacturers to cooperate with China's intel services. That opened the gates for concerns about hacking and security. As far as I know, there is zero evidence that DJI has engaged in any mischief. I understand that the lobbying by USA drone manufacturers has been tremendous. The best way to increase business is to knock out the #1 competitor.

Did you invest in stock for USA manufacturers? I'll bet most members of Congress did.

D. Trump Jr. got himself a board seat on Unusual Machines. Probably just a coincidence.

Didn’t the DJI allegations start off as being about slave labor in Xinjiang province, and then suddenly morph into being about security?

A point of interest: Several years ago, as a member if the Civil Air Patrol, I had some training on a military base on the use of drones. We were using an older DJI, I don’t know the model. It looks like a big white starfish, maybe a foot and a half across the four arms. That’s not the important part.

The drone had a big sticker on it that said, Property of the US Air Force, and that the software had been modified so it could not contact China and that it was not to be updated!

 

[Droning on and on...]

D. Trump Jr. got himself a board seat on Unusual Machines. Probably just a coincidence.

Probably.

It just seems nonsensical that the Biden administration would serve Trump Jr.'s goals.

 

[cjacoby95]

Amazon is still selling aftermarket batteries and props from China for the Mavic Pro. I just bought both.

The DJI site is no longer selling Mavic Pro batteries or props.

Where were you seeing the mavic pro batteries I DJI website? I looked a couple months ago and couldn’t find anything or it said that it wasn’t available in my region.

 

[msinger]

@cjacoby95 there are lots of 3rd party Mavic Pro batteries available here on Amazon in your region (the US).

 

[wco81]

Are third party accessories worth buying?

Especially batteries?

Which brands out of all the names most people have never heard of?

 

[msinger]

Are third party accessories worth buying?

Especially batteries?

IMHO, third party batteries are really only worth considering if you cannot get new DJI batteries. Batteries are a critical component, and it's generally not something you want to cut corners on.