This DJI Firmware will RUIN your day | FORCED Remote ID

BE WARNED! The next wave of DJI firmware is utter BS.
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[Chebva]

Products that enable these type of actions, are NOT products that we actually own.

[davidraborn]

DJI shows us that we do NOT own our drones. We lease them, they can brick it at any time.

[pmassee]

The way to beat RID is to refuse to comply. This is a major security risk to those that have to comply due to 107 or who have to register their drone, but lawsuits are already in place regarding this issue and this rule has also seen the largest amount of feedback on FAA history (50k+ comments), and they don’t care.

[phaZed]

Building my own Drone and betaflight = the correct decision I never regretted.

[mark]

I am convinced the game plan is to make these restrictions so harsh that only large companies and the government will be able to fly legally. My next drone will be a used drone purchased with cash and unregistered.

[VisibilityFoggy]

The more regulations they add, the more people will simply begin to ignore them. If you make doing something legally overcomplicated, they're just going to do it illegally (especially when there is essentially zero enforcement mechanism). And while you cannot go "backward" in terms of firmware, I would bet my last nickel that if DJI becomes too restrictive, there will eventually be jailbreaking apps developed by the developer community.

[RonaldBrown]

I'm sure this update will have many folks up in arms. Thanks for showing us what exactly happens when you do this update. I don't have the Avata, so I don't have to deal with this, for now. Great video Ken, and thanks for sharing.

[jmac]

Ty sir. They demand your compliance, your obedience, your Guns, your organs, if you tissue type and anything else they want.

[navpreetsingh]

People getting mad at DJI need to remember this is a legal government requirement and not DJI

[kghallcaptures]

The best way to fight stuff like this is with your wallet. All of these companies want access to your phone and private life it seems

[davidgeyer]

Interesting video. I am Part 107 certificated. I recently took the recurrent training. Why do you say that if I'm Part 107 certified I need to do this upgrade? In all my Part 107 courses I have never seen a requirement that I run the latest firmware. Now, as of September 2023 I understand that I must be RID compliant, but that has not happened yet. So, in the meantime, where is the requirement that I run the latest firmware and/or app?

For me the question is academic. I've become a 90% Autel guy because of DJI's intrusive regulation. Although I still own a couple of older DJI drones and sometimes use them when I'm sure I won't run into problems. I paid a lot of money for them and I'd like to get some use out of them while I can. Definitely won't be buying any more though.

[thegoober]

i was about to spend thousands on new DJI equipment, thanks for the redirect!

[joed]

Flying drones used to be fun. It's become a painful job and I just can't anymore...

[laustinspeiss]

I was literally days away from buying a DJI kit for upwards of $1500.
I’d had these suspicions, but this seals the deal.
No purchase.

[WestonNey]

I’m so glad I learned to build drones myself.

[EvolVillainRC]

Thats some big brother shit right there. New folks, do yourself a favor and build your own. Happy new year Ken, thanks for sharing this.

[TX_ReSiStAnCe]

I believe you can flash to previous version firmware with drone hacks flashing tool.

[yetidynamics]

the FAA is a relatively small branch of the US federal government, they have much much more important and useful things to do than go and chase violators of what is an utterly useless and pointless regulation

[rubengarciajr]

What are the odds that DJI later release a firmware that will make the drone force land when you unplug your phone.

[geezerpleasers_OG]

This is why I am sticking with older DJI drones, and Autel drones. Also, I only hook up my trusty old Mini 2 and Mavic 2 Pro to an old phone which has no data plan, and which has wifi turned off. I've turned of automatic updates, and with no internet connection, the drones are blissfully unaware that anything has changed in 2023.