Air 3 S compatible with Litchi? If not fool me once, (Mavic 3 Cine) not again.

[PointG]

Back when I purchased My Mavic 3 Cine "Assumed". DJI would add access to the SDK so it would be compatible with Litchi.
Nope, they want to keep sales of their much more expensive pro lines flourishing so they did not provide this basic resource to customers (expletive deleted)
Well I know better now and will not be purchasing a new "Pro/Sumer" from DJI until they provide what is necessary to actually use their drone in a production environment, for me.

 

[mavic3usa]

Back when I purchased My Mavic 3 Cine "Assumed". DJI would add access to the SDK so it would be compatible with Litchi.
Nope, they want to keep sales of their much more expensive pro lines flourishing so they did not provide this basic resource to customers (expletive deleted)
Well I know better now and will not be purchasing a new "Pro/Sumer" from DJI until they provide what is necessary to actually use their drone in a production environment, for me.

I don't know anyone who would have made that assumption since it was pretty obvious that wasn't going to happen and it's just wishful thinking. The existence of Litchi doesn't impact DJI sales not even a little bit and while I cannot comment on their motivation for SDK access, I think it was a few years ago that we all started getting comfortable with the idea and agreed to set that "issue" aside on every single future DJI drone launch for decades the come (meaning I can't still believe this is a thing). DJI consumer drones don't come with SDK anymore. Litchi reminds me of Crystal Sky, just let it go. Ok, I'm not being serious....would be nice but Air 3S gotta stand in line.

 

[Cafguy]

Even before the release of the Mavic 3 DJI was hinting at not releasing SDK anymore.
What kind of production would you want to do with your Drone?? (that you can't already do with your Drone)

 

[PointG]

made that assumption since it was pretty obvious that wasn't going to happen

Obvious, seriously?
Yep, just ignore all the previous models that provided the SDK, why would past availability influence an impression that it was a basic function of the product, that would be included eventually if not in a future firmware release, like so many other DJI firmware upgrades.

since it was pretty obvious that wasn't going to happen

Not all of us have the time or inclination to be able to study or infer the inner workings of DJI.

DJI proved my assumptions were wrong unfortunately. (my error)

What kind of production would you want to do with your Drone?

Being able to easily set up a repeatable mission is pretty basic to my work process and routine deliverables.
Yep there are workarounds but no thanks.

I'll pass on the Air3 because of DJI's decision to limit the functionality and just delegate this drone to the class of an expensive toy. (at least for me)

But by all means I hope the more enlightened than my self, that have decided to "set that "issue" aside" and sheepishly accept it silently, still enjoy their Air3S's

YMMV

G

 

[mavic3usa]

Obvious, seriously?
Yep, just ignore all the previous models that provided the SDK, why would past availability influence an impression that it was a basic function of the product, that would be included eventually if not in a future firmware release, like so many other DJI firmware upgrades.

Not all of us have the time or inclination to be able to study or infer the inner workings of DJI.

DJI proved my assumptions were wrong unfortunately. (my error)

Well, maybe this is the one conversation you needed to have; now you know. That was easy, didn't take a lot of studying. If the Mavic 4 Pro launches with SDK support on day 1, I'll eat my hat!

Of course, I say that knowing that if I'm wrong, I'll be happy to be super wrong on the issue. But I've set my expectation for awhile now that it ain't going to happen. I think DJI made that clear awhile back. For example, my Litchi app is mostly useless.