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DJI is a vertically-integrated beast with CCP ties; it won the monopolist position in 2015 against venture-backed 3D Robotics. Skydio, the largest US entity, really only exists as a protectionist hedge.

Consumer products mean low prices, the opposite of what America does well.

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> Consumer products mean low prices, the opposite of what America does well.

This is actually sad. Ford could drive down the cost of automobile down to $4000 while its workers could earn $5 an hour. America used to be the industrial behemoth what could manufacture and innovate better, faster, and cheaper. What's interesting is that there was a powerful country that would mock the US for producing things cheap but not necessarily crafty in late 19th century and early 20th century. Yeah, that was Britain. We all know how history went.

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