The article uses three different apps to determine if it's OK to fly a drone in a particular area. When all three said he was good he then did extensive google

The article uses three different apps to determine if it's OK to fly a drone in a particular area. When all three said he was good he then did extensive google searches to find things as random as press releases where someone is quoted as saying no drones allowed. If you used this level of due diligence on whether it's permissible to do anything, you'd find you're allowed to do nothing.