It is not stupid at all, DJI is one huge spying apparatus for the Chinese government and every second of recorded footage and flight logs are sent back to the Chinese government whenever possible. There are far better enterprise class drones out there you just don't hear about them because they are in the $20K range and your typically consumer/prosumer isn't willing to spend that kind of money.
Over in Europe they are far more advanced than the USA when it comes to using drones for enterprise tasks and DJI isn't even on their approved list for many of those tasks. Everything from fully automated farm spraying projects to topological diagnostics. DJI's drones did not even meet their regulations for Enterprise reliability with the very first rule being redundant flight motors.
I'm impressed with the
EVO 2 Enterprise, and their new small platforms.
Although Autel has SW, Distribution, and Service issues to improve and cooperation with 3rd Party developers. I will probably add an
EVO2 Ent to my inventory. I have a EVO1 but never really used due to issues not resolved.
But that doesn't correlate to DJI being disliked or poor option. Regarding data compromise; That's not accurate... no factual evidence ever produced on Data collection. The congressional bill to ban, didn't pass. Remains multiple Govt entities, including military have DJI inventory and purchases. Some states jumped on the Fed Ban before it passed, and after it failed several states continued with no true reason.
Also not true Law Enforcement doesn't use... that is a State or County decision and the Mavic & Matrice series continue to be sold and used in State & Federal agencies. The local US Marshals uses Mavic series (among other tools).. the Marshal himself has a Mavic series in Office.
The European Govt's have multiple Law Enforcement agencies equipped with large inventory of DJI. Specifically M210 / M300. Recall the M210v1 battery ordeal... that was originally identified by UK Law Enforcement. Last time I checked, not many have flushed their large inventory for higher priced solutions.
DJI continues to hold 70+% of the Drone market. Are there other options, maybe better in some roles, probably but at a significantly higher cost without a significant gain.
Redundancy may not include Redundant motors, no Quad does! Although Matrice series does include Redundant Electronics all the way to the motors, and Flight Electronics. This covers the high majority of possible & most likely failure points that are recoverable and allow mission to continue. Rarely does a physical motor fail, and if it's a strike that breaks a prop... the Hex or Octals don't always recover if in tight quarters. The failure of DJI hardware is extremely low, and if in a fleet the maintenance procedures reduce further. Side note, the M600Pro does have Redundant motors, Electronics and GPS systems.
DJI makes Ag spray drones extremely popular in Asian, Africa, several countries and gaining popularity in USA for smaller fields... vineyard on hillsides as example. Several Dealers in USA sell several DJI Ag platforms.
Agri Spray Drones was founded with the farmer in mind. We're bringing this technology to Rural America to empower farmers with leading edge drones!
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Overall, if data compromise and Chinese components were a concern... a drone with limited access of physical locations, and physical time to collect: 20 min x few times a day. Compared to millions of cell phones online 24x7 being carried into practically everywhere, videos always being captured, and smart TV in multiple locations... some sensitive. Webcams, WiFi systems, surveillance cameras, car electronics, etc all made in China that present infinite more ability to collect Audio & Video data. If that was truly the concern, many more devices need to be banned or monitored than a relatively low density drone population. I see it more as a position to attempt to alter market share.
Last time I saw this much artifical hype over non-usa (Asian) vs over-priced failing USA product were the multiple attempts (1960-1980's) to save Harley Davison by tax, forced competitive price increases, and some bans to some entities to purchase without additional penalties. HD was bought & sold multiple times, near Bankruptcy more than once; received Govt support (grants), and had defense actions against other competition. They did succeed, product is very popular... not an attack on HD, just the methodology. The DJI company holds a strong competitive advantage... multiple ways to attempt to change that position.