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A reminder that DJI's mobile flight control app ("DJI Fly") was removed from the Google Play store over 1.5 years ago. The company officially wants you to sidel
by Tronno 4y ago
A reminder that DJI's mobile flight control app ("DJI Fly") was removed from the Google Play store over 1.5 years ago. The company officially wants you to sideload an APK downloaded from their website. No clear explanation has been given.
https://forum.dji.com/thread-256590-1-1.html https://forum.dji.com/thread-256590-1-1.html
There's a joke about red flags somewhere in there.
- radicaldreamer 4y agoIt’s due to US sanctions: “DJI drones were sanctioned under US Commerce Department and US Treasury Department regulations in 2020 and 2021. It is now illegal for any person within the United States to: Purchase any goods or services directly from SZ DJI Technology Co. Export certain data to DJI's servers in China.”
- Tronno 4y agoDJI Fly is still listed on the Apple App Store. Would the same laws not apply?
- radicaldreamer 4y agoYou’d think so, but Apple gets special treatment (by both the US and Chinese government). See: Apple’s secret deal to fund Chinese technology development and how US customs ensures nobody but Apple can import even genuine Apple parts and merch.
- Tronno 4y agoAre you implying that Apple would openly flaunt US sanctions for the benefit of a Chinese company? I find that hard to believe. DJI themselves have publicly blamed "the compatibility strategy between the DJI App and Google Play Store", without elaborating. There's been no mention of US sanctions from DJI or Google.
- solardev 4y agoPossibly related: I thought the US banned DJI for a while? They got sucked in to Trump's Chinese dragnet, I think... https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/23/22193660/us-government-dji-drone-entity-list-export-ban-effects https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/23/22193660/us-government-d...
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