bobasbury
Second Officer
Flight distance : 1140502 ft
United States
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DJI makes the Phantom. DJI writes the firmware. DJI knows more about the Phantom than anyone. DJI knows more about the firmware than anyone. DJI knows more than anyone about the app. DJI takes in data from hundreds if not thousands of Phantoms every day. They know what works, and what doesn't. They know what breaks and what is especially strong. They, through their amassing of data, can learn trends, traits, and even quirks that can often be fixed or thwarted with software and firmware updates. DJI has a lot of motivation to make their Phantom's software / firmware more reliable. In fact improved firmware helps the company, and bad firmware hurts it, simple as that. So even if they weren't motivated just to do the right thing (and I think they are), good, stable firmware and software appeals to their greed as a for-profit company.
Even at that, it just makes common sense that a company that wants to sell their product can be motivated by good performance. Further, what is the benefit of DJI to make products and code that cause their product to drop out of the sky? To sell replacements? Come on, folks! If I thought a company was that dirty, I wouldn't give them five bucks, much less fourteen-hundred.
I've said it a hundred times. It's fine to wait a couple of days for the dust to settle just in case there is an unknown problem (that happens to the best of us), but when it comes to your $1400-dollar investment, are you going to put your trust in the company that designs, manufacturers, codes, tests, implements and repairs these units? Or will you put your trust on a dude on the internet?
(Short version: Don't listen to me or anyone else. Listen to the manufacturer (who will also be executing your warranty!) |
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