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

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354 points qingcharles | 2 comments | 21 Apr 25 02:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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matsemann ◴[21 Apr 25 08:04 UTC] No.43749432[source]▶
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.

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1. bambax ◴[21 Apr 25 11:20 UTC] No.43750639[source]▶
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.

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2. 1oooqooq ◴[21 Apr 25 21:11 UTC] No.43756530[source]▶
> 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?