Yeah. It's very frustrating. I have avoided the DJI ecosystem since I started buildings drones with ArduPilot in 2013. The 3DR Solo was my first non custom built drone for that reason. When the 3DR Solo was end of useful life, I went
Evo 2 Pro as soon as it was launched and it was like owning a Cadillac. I still want to avoid the DJI ecosystem today. I plan to fly this
Evo 2 Pro v1 into the ground for all it's worth since it is still very very good at everything it does and has readily available parts and batteries. If an
Evo 2 v3 Enterprise or Max 4T fits my mission profile down the road, and avoiding DJI remains feasible, I plan to keep it up. I'm just doing so knowing that I will never get good customer support.
Me and my insurance provider will be my own customer support, with or without Autel's participation in the matter. But as I start venturing into commercial work for the first time, I will probably have to bite the bullet and conform eventually. There are some things that require DJI or require iOS and that's very annoying to me. Regardless, I think there will always be an Autel bird in the nest since it is unrestricted.