You need the connection anyway. If you start considering large-scale drone applications it's hard to do anything without the internet connection. If you are ope

You need the connection anyway. If you start considering large-scale drone applications it's hard to do anything without the internet connection. If you are operating on a scale that allows for swapping sd cards, you don't really need programmatic air traffic control. What's more, connectivity around drones gets better - e.g. I recall even special "for drones" mobile plan by Verizon: https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13193616/verizon-selling-drones-data-plans https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13193616/verizon-selling-... .