Cliff_Allister
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Flight distance : 704741 ft
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Geebax Posted at 12-19 13:44
"now I can not use an important feature because DJI wanted to save some money. "
Not some money, a huge amount of money. Map services cost money to use, and are not cheap. The Google service costs the author of the software a fee each month, and this is near impossible for originators like DJI to recover. The fee is based on how many users used the service in the previous month, in the case in point, users mean owners of drones.
Billions of smartphone users use Google maps every day. Even those that only have cheap phones for less than 100.- €. Those manufacturers have millions of customers and will have to pay for millions of these daily uses. And now you claim that DJI, who maybe sold a couple thousand drones that can use waypoints and that are not used daily or even weekly can´t afford these fees? For drones that cost 1000.- € upward? For their most devoted customers that are willing to pay up to 5000.- € for a drone (Mavic 3 Cine) and now can´t use an important feature because DJI wants to save some money? Yes, some, in light of these few users and the only occational usage! How often do you use a mavic 3 per year? 20, 30, 50 times and how often do you use your phone and Google maps in comparison? The argument of expensive licencing fees doesn´t hold water in light of the few drones/users... |
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