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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.
by lacker 7y ago
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.
- RRRA 7y agoThey 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...
- gear54rus 7y agoAnything to read on that DRM? Google doesn't give much.
- mlevental 7y agothey 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).
- ahartmetz 7y agoHeh. 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.
- bdcravens 7y agoI 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.