I thought I bought a camera, but no DJI sold me a license to use it [video]

The action cam market is a bit weird at the moment. The others have caught up to GoPro, and some say even surpassed. But the field is very messy, you can't trust half the stuff.

Dji and Insta360 are very good at giving away free stuff to influencers, and to tech reviewers with strings attached (like forbidding side-by-side comparisons). Sock-puppets constantly recommending these brands, etc.

As a consumer it's very hard to make an informed decision on what to buy. Can't trust anything you read about the models.

Yeah you watch advertisements and promo videos shot with some professional equipment with people flying around in everything imaginable and explosions all over the place, all in high resolution and crisp quality. Then copy the footage from SD Card and it looks like a turd.

DJI products are extraordinary and way above the competition.

But registration is a huge pain, yes. Two solutions: 1/ Buy used; the previous owner probably didn't do a factory reset -- if they did, return it and try again. 2/ Use a disposable email. On the Action pro, once "registered", nothing happens and the device never asks for anything.

Drones are different, they sometimes need to be attached to a proper account; when that happens, create yet another disposable email and "register" again.

> way above the competition

did you test them all or are you basing it on the reviewers the other commenter just pointed out are useless?

To prove your point, looks like Insta360 started a big campaign today. This popped up in my YouTube stream:

* Best Motorcycle Camera Review - Insta360 X4 vs X5 (FortNine)

* I Tested the Next-Gen 360 Camera (Mrwhosetheboss)

* The IMPOSSIBLE Camera (CaseyNeistat)

And if even Casey Neistat graces us with a new video, you just know there was a good reason for him.

Yeah, popped up videos on reddit as well. Someone with early access, no negative points, affiliate links to buy it, and a x5 give away. No way that's unbiased.

Gotta wait for non-sponsored reviews to arrive.