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US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones
- kotaKat 11mo agoAwesome, cool. Which consumer drone from Skydio can I bu- oh wait, I can't. Thanks, Adam!
- tencentshill 11mo agoIf you have a DJI drone in the US, its going to go up in value. I expect to sell my beat-up DJI Mini for at least as much as I paid in the next year.
- dpedu 11mo agoI'm not so sure this will happen. Existing models aren't being banned and DJI can continue to import and sell them.
- VerifiedReports 11mo agoWhich makes the ban even dumber than it is on its face.
- blibble 11mo agoarticle seems to be about amtrak?
- phendrenad2 11mo agoThis has nothing to do with "China spying on the US" and has everything to do with "US citizens piercing the total information control matrix and questioning the government".
- derbOac 11mo agoNot sure why you're being downvoted. Even if you ignore the legitimacy of security concerns about foreign drones, this action gives more monopoly control over drones to the US government. If some US drone manufacturer crosses the administration in some way, say in terms of backdoors or lack thereof, it's one less option for the consumer. Think chat control in the EU but based on executive order in the US, and drones.
- kccoder 11mo agoToo many people have abandoned reason for madness.
- BizarroLand 11mo agoIts probably safe to assume that there are external interests that monitor social forums and work to sculpt the conversations to fit their interests. Not like a full-on conspiracy or anything but I wouldn't say it's beyond the pale for that kind of conversation control to be SOP for some groups somewhere. Also, we already know that many foreign countries have intentionally hired people to do specifically that.
- jambutters 11mo agoDJI is a global drone company and they're popular in Japan as well for agricultural drones . I recall the head of the American branch Colin Guuin, wanted more share and control of the company and they booted him out and he started his own drone company which is not doing so well
- ChrisArchitect 11mo agoNot sure what's going on with the content on the Reuters page (amtrak? ) but here's the content that went out on the wire: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-adds-dji-other-foreign-193044399.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-adds-dji-other-foreig...
- bookofjoe 11mo agoweird
- bookofjoe 11mo agohttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-adds-dji-other-foreign-193044399.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-adds-dji-other-foreig...
- bicx 11mo agoWhy can’t they just require government agencies to purchase US-made drones? Why is this a bigger threat than any of the millions of foreign electronics used to communicate in the U.S.?
- bad_haircut72 11mo agoIts probably protectionism to protect/boost the domestic drone industry
- herewulf 11mo agoWhat domestic drone industry?
- sowbug 11mo agoIt's right down the street from US domestic coffee, semiconductor, game console, laptop, rare earth mineral, graphite, and banana industries. All these US industries are protected by baseline and reciprocal tariffs.
- klooney 11mo agoWe have a big semiconductor industry! We just didn't have TSMC.
- hmm37 11mo agoPerhaps Trump Jr's Unusual Machines.
- AndrewKemendo 11mo agoThe entire point is to force the creation of one
- expedition32 11mo agoA US drone industry would still have to compete with China on the global market. The entire developing world doesn't give a shit about US sanctions.
- pharos92 11mo agoWonder when the TrumpDrone "made in america" will be announce. Just like the TrumpPhone, no doubt it'll end up being made in China. The jokes really do write themselves.
- Denote6737 11mo agoAnd also undelivered because they don't exist.
- ulfw 11mo agoThe TrumpPhone has never even launched. Everything is just scam and lies.
- yanhangyhy 11mo agoDo USA has a domestic drone industry?
- efskap 11mo agoIt's even worse than that. Foreign drone-critical components are also banned. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-add-certain-uas-and-uas-components-0 https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-add-ce... Flight controllers? ESCs? Who knows!
- derbOac 11mo agoIf the TikTok process is any guide with this administration, it's pretty predictable how this will turn out.
- windexh8er 11mo agoBetween the two (TikTok & DJI) ByteDance is the bigger threat to the US. But...Gotta have my vertically shot, short form, ad-laden, misinformation canon! If the US does actually ban DJI drones the price of them will skyrocket (there's no good competition at the price point), DJI will do their little rebrand shuffle they did last time, and we'll have wasted a few news cycles (by design).
- nemothekid 11mo ago>But...Gotta have my vertically shot, short form, ad-laden, misinformation canon! It's incredible that people will say this with a straight face, then export Instagram to the rest of the world and proceed to cry "Free Speech" when Meta bans come on the table. It's incredibly hard for me to square if the concern is "ByteDance is the bigger threat to the US" or if the concern is "ByteDance is the bigger threat to my stock portfolio"
- windexh8er 11mo agoThe difference is that ByteDance's product is not the same here as in the homeland. It's designed to be a misinformation canon only outside of China. Instagram is a misinformation canon everywhere. Did I say I thought Instagram shouldn't be burned to the ground just the same? No. But I'd rather start with foreign nationals if you really have to know. We're not getting rid of Instagram anytime soon, but one less platform is a win regardless.
- JumpCrisscross 11mo ago> incredible that people will say this with a straight face, then export Instagram to the rest of the world and proceed to cry "Free Speech" when Meta bans come on the table This sounds like a straw man. I worked on the TikTok ban bill. I'm also a huge sceptic of our own social media companies.
- throw-12-16 11mo agoEvery drone manufacturer is a future defense contractor.
- andriamanitra 11mo agoCorruption and nepotism does not get much more blatant than this. The president's son is involved in one of the American drone companies that stand to gain the most from this policy. Their investor presentation boasts about regulations as the first bullet point under the title "Our competitive advantage". [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/10/29/donald-trump-jr-ultimate-machines-defense-contracts-drones/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/10/29/donald-t... [2] https://www.unusualmachines.com/about-us/company-presentation/ https://www.unusualmachines.com/about-us/company-presentatio...
- k12sosse 11mo agoDing ding ding
- meltyness 11mo agoThat's an optimistic take, a more pessimistic take is that this is a tactic to lock marketshare for Wing, Zipline, Amazon and stall investment in drone delivery services while production catches up. edit: I'm speculating here that the supply chain wasn't already state-side for these players without knowing much about their business model
- esbranson 11mo ago> UAS and UAS critical components produced in a foreign country … Forces drone engineering and manufacturing into the US if they want to sell anything to anyone in the US.
- ryukoposting 11mo agoI disagree with banning them, and I disagree with the FCC's argument that all drones inherently have a dual purpose as a paramilitary device... but. Every DJI product I've interacted with has reeked of spyware. Many (all?) of their products brick themselves from the factory until you install an app, create an account, and pair to the device to "activate" it. Both the app installation and PII acquisition are mandatory, regardless of whether they're necessary for correct device function. Hopefully, this opens the floodgates to a new, more competitive market for drones, where these forms of malpractice don't fly (heh). I'm not optimistic.
- panny 11mo agoI was under the impression that anyone into drones were using 3D printers and building their own. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6chNEaXb-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6chNEaXb-o I mean, like, I guess I'm just a nerd, but where is the fun in buying a premade expensive quad copter?
- ehnto 11mo agoThere are broad applications for drones, not just hobbyists. In fact I think hobbyists are probably the minorty of buyers these days.
- wkat4242 11mo agoYes also due to a huge increase in regulation. Which makes sense with the capability of some of these things, don't get me wrong. But it's no longer a fun hobby. And the one I had was more of a toy than a real one with kilometers of range