DJI is still valued at around $15 billion, right? To me it seems less like a drone bubble burst, and more like a single winner has emerged from round one.
They just got into FPV and I really hope they fail with their lock-in DRM, for the sake of keeping the maker spirit and FOSS innovation around in that field...
Anything to read on that DRM? Google doesn't give much.
they used to have an open platform so you could bring your own flight controller. the most recent gen of their platforms locks you into their flight controllers (and their shitty api).
Heh. I have seen someone doing incredible maneuvers with crazy accelerations using a homebuilt drone. Compared to commercially available drones it's like an F1 car versus a tractor.
I think the drone industry is to a drone producer what the cloud is to hard drive manufacturers. Many of the startups were creating value adds atop DJI.