Just because they brought him into testify, means the national security reason is a talking point? Huh??? 😂 If you don't think China is our adversary. You should get out of your mothers basement. The anti-china movement started long befor this. In 2016 actually. They get intelligence reports daily, and they know things about this situation that you will never know. It is 100% about national security and nothing else. If you think otherwise you know nothing about the people behind this bill. They are America first politicians, and not the dems or reps that take bribes.
I went to a drone training conference last year and attended a seminar hosted by a Skydio rep showcasing Skydio drones. He allowed us to test fly the drone and admitted that it wasn't near as good as the DJI drones. He even seemed to have trouble getting it off the ground at first. I wasn't sold on Skydio. This ban has nothing to do with CCP and security. It's about American companies like Skydio trying to ban the competition. Skydio has paid millions of dollars in lobbying money to Congress to get this ban approved. I called my senators and representatives and I received a response back from one of them where he stated "the security of the US is of utmost importance to him" blah blah blah. To summarize, it's already been bought and paid for. The ban will happen thanks to this asshole from Skydio. Skydio drones have sucked since day one and have been more expensive than DJI. No American company can provide a drone as good as DJI for the price because of corporate greed. Maybe they should should just let the experts at DJI handle making the drones and get out of the market. Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen.
@@jamestran347 I can't recall all the details as he wasn't describing what was happening. We stood around and waited for the tech to get the drone up. You could see he was obviously having technical difficulties.
Funny thing is... I know multiple folks (including myself) and entities that were going to purchase Skydio units... And unfortunately now that is not possible... So let's get rid of the only other real options for personal or just starting out professional consumers... This seems like not setting up a Monopoly (for Skydio) like they are all saying DJI is...
I love DJI drones, but China banned American drones to be sold in their country, and China dominates 90% of the American drone market. There has to be another way to solve this issue.
Wrong. 💥 DJI is a company owned and operated by the CCP. The GPS features and upload of footage to remote servers make this machine an OBVIOUS national security issue at the base line...and then we have the corporate and national securoty apparatus that uses them. You can be disappointed, but dont confuse the issue with American jealousy....the machine is ALL US tech and patants. ALL. The CCP provides the slave labour and techies. 💸💸💸 The question you all need to ask is WHO decided to build and buy this tech from there? Why was it not a US tool from the start?
Not just the government fault were all to blame were just as stupid to let china collect information about are country because were to lazy and cheap i sure china thanks all of us for giving tons of information about America to them so if a war did break out they will have the upper hand and we call our self's smart its the other way around
Yeah, just goes to show how much lawmakers know about drones. I do not expect them to be experts, but to only have a manufacturer in front of them versus end users...not a good move towards understanding. Nothing like getting a single perspective to reinforce your existing opinion. Ho hum...
@@CousinSchultz I do expect them to hire experts. Instead, they listen to mostly marketing and make decisions based on that (and based on whoever pays the most)
@@CousinSchultz legislators know what they're doing. they brought in the guy that would tell them what they wanted to hear. China bad, drones bad, unless they're operated by corporations under the government's thumb.
Even though that cheap DJI drone is still a superior product, though, lol. Not in terms of build and hardware maybe, but in terms of what you can do with it. I don't even really see much use for a consumer skydio drone, beyond have just a better version of something like a Hover X1. To me, a skydio is more of a toy, or tik tok tool. Most people aren't uploading social media shorts, or wanting a mostly useless $1000+ novelty toy. I don't even get this military/govenernment partnership with skydio. That would be like the military partnering with hasbro for manufacturing. You really want our military driving around in Lego tanks?
The CEO of Skydio is telling the senators exactly what they want to hear and some of it isn't true. He has every reason to lead the charge to ban Chinese made drones.
@jamestran347 The remote has a bad picture, almost like it has bad reception/transmission. It also has delayed responses to the inputs of the controlled. I think they spent way too much time on the A.I. side and forgot that humans will be flying them.
They pulled out the consumer market. They are just focused on going after government money. Screwing the consumer and allow competition in the consumer market.
He didn't talk to us but he talked about us with all of the threat stuff and general industry stuff. You can bet that the prohibitions on Chinese drones and taxes on them will affect you and I.
Well they aren’t flying skydio drones in Ukraine, a good number are fpv drones made in China and the other half that are used as observers are DJI drones, the UI is unmistakeable, shows how little they actually care about security.
@@dronecamps skydio is going to take a hit if they keep pushing for this ban no one on the commercial sidebis going to purchase their equipment out of spite. I know I won't
Legally taking away our autonomy, this is outrageous and childish. Everyone knows skydio product aren't great. Period. They had to go out of business for sub par products as no one buys them as they are overpriced
Man I was a huge fan of Skydio. Then they pulled their consumer drone and now this. Was it on purpose to say they can't compete? It was a good drone that was almost there. How about continue to develop? If Skydio had a better camera I would be flying one now. What he left out was consumer drones. And drones for professional content creators. Skydio does not build this. They also do not build large AG drones. This is bullshit.
yep, that was whole point. but since whole western economy relies on china manufacturing, they can strike back 10x as much, if needed. but you need brains to realise that..
What the skydio guy forgot to mention that his company stands to make a ton of money with DJI out of the way. In last I checked they don't make a drone under 500 bucks that I can afford
Our world will not benefit from raising the walls between countries higher and higher. A prosper future, a real good future will have us all working together. Not against each other. Shame.
The opening analogy to competing in the Olympics is ironic because America hobbling the Chinese drone industry is like saying we can't win the Olympics, so let's not let Chinese athletes compete.
This is so contradicting. Let’s say your kid does well in school, they invested in themselves. Now he’s too good but they worked hard to get there. Now let’s punish them and hold them back to let everyone have a chance. Ridiculous. That essentially the US. Punish hard work and accept mediocrity. It’s a failing country like the UK and Canada. So stupid.
Good analogy. Punishing DJI drones is not gonna make American drones more available or better. If these guys wanted American drones to be better and more affordable they would invest in the American drone industry the way China invested in theirs. All this talk about tariffs and bans will slow American development, not help it.
DJi is literally printing money with how much NATO and Russia are both buying thousands of their drones every week as consumables in Ukraine. This ironically actually punishes American drone industry, because consumers don't have infinite money, if they can't buy a good drone at the price they can afford, they'll just not buy drones, which in turn will kill drone demand in the US and along with it everything consumer drone in the US.
Who is skydio? Dint hear about them till this ban stuff came about. Also looked into skydio and why is there no availability except on eBay used? Here’s another observation, their controller and accessories look like they’re from the clearance bin at the dollar store. I hope this blows over soon.
@@almaguerjohn777 The FPV segment is a different segment. It's been my impression over the last several years that as the GPS drones have become popular the RC and FPV communities have detested them are kind of proud of not having any involvement whatsoever. It's natural that by keeping the FPV community isolated they wouldn't be up to date on players like skydio.
@@DingleBerryschnapps I don’t see how me not knowing them is relevant being that from what I’ve looked up, they weren’t relevant either. They dropped out of the consumer market in 2023 so being that I am “new” as of 2023, Skydio would have not crossed my path since I was in the consumer market
Believe me I’m in the same boat we should make our US made drone, but they want a lot of money for it and the design isn’t that great, DJI is affordable yet is good looking drone imo.
Good way to start a boycott of your products is to testify against your competitors, and as a vet, there is nothing more annoying than those pip squeaks that mention their previous family service without doing any of their own.
These tariffs hurt nobody but the American people. The if you place a 20% tariff, the manufacturer can just charge 20% more. If a drone goes from $1,500 to $1,800, people are just gonna spend more money, instead of buying a garbage American drone (which probably still costs more). Like, if I go to get something to eat, and I want a hamburger, but you tell me "Ooh, we had to raise the price from $8 to $25 for the burger... We do have a white crusty dog turd available, and it's only $5." Yeah, I'm still gonna pay for the burger, because I'm not buying a piece of shit.
But they didn't ignore the consumer drone market and used an old cheap dji drone as an example. You could bet your socks that whatever restrictive measures they put in place will affect your consumer DJI drone. When they were talking about all the faux threats posed by drones they were talking about all drones not just military drones...
What happened to competition and the capitalistic system. I'm all for standing up to China but not at the expense of the American consumer. This ban has nothing to do with the CCP and is all about stifling competition!
American people will be deprived of good drones, super cheap super quality EVs, best telephone , 5gs..all this happen are because of the politician that work for themselves than for Americans
Unfortunately, first responders will have to use use Skydio at an exorbant price thereby keeping them in business..other professionals will need it too like I will for geomapping..there will be a phase out ban also #fskydio
It’s a true shame we are going to be screwed by these people. Skydio should be boycotted. I’m 59. I started flying control line. I’ve flown and built many models in my life. I now own a DJI mini 3 pro. I, for one do not appreciate this. Skydio has an inferior product for consumers in the US, and now we are going to pay for it. Between Skydio and Amazon this hobby, in the USA, is dead. Thanks lots.
Thank you Justin for this excellent update. Here are my thoughts: U. S. made drones suck........ If they didn't, they wouldn't be having this discussion. Remember 3DR? I bought one. The IRIS............. The worst piece of junk I ever owned. I had a warranty issue regarding the Pixhawk flight controller. After reviewing my issue and determining that the flight controller was defective. They asked me if I would be willing to do the repair if they sent me the part with instructions. They said it was a simple repair and that anyone with average motor skills can do it. Being a former camera repairman for the U.A Air Force, I said yes.......... Big, big mistake. The drone never did fly as promised, and 3DR left the consumer drone market shortly there after. I would never buy a U.S. made drone unless it was a toy for a kid.
Joe Bartlett is Director of Federal Policy at Skydio and used to be National Security Advisor for Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (the author of the bill).
@@horizonskyfpvrc6152 no way he would be jailed in the US just like others chinese tech leaders, like cfo of huawei, ceo of binance, who is the next poor guy from tiktok or dji😂
After the US ordered Canada to kidnap the daughter of Huawei's founder, no head of a Chinese tech company will ever set foot on US soil again. TikTok's CEO is not Chinese, he's Singaporean.
any average person can easy refute the BS from those senator and skyradio CEO. saying china band US drone in china is 100% lie and hilarious to believe in their BS.
@@JH-pt6ih there are no case bro under the name of national security cases can be created as needed. how about jailed wangtao the founder of dji since dji drones used by russian in war, make sense right
The counter will be if we write letters to these people and open letters to everyone in Congress explaining point by point how this hearing was more about marketing than facts.
He speaks as if it were "unfair competition because the Chinese government helps DJI," but Skydio has an agreement with the American government where they will receive 20 million dollars annually for 5 years to supply drones for the military. I agree with market protectionism, but what bothers me is all this hypocrisy in the reasons they claim.
Based on his testimony, it sounds like his focus was in the wrong place, if he was intending to compete with DJI. DJI’s focus was not on autonomous drones. One if his focus stayed on remote control drones, he may have been able to advance and keep up with DJI.
@@DingleBerryschnapps its you who should pick some book and get informed. oh, i forgot, "communism" is only ok to manufacture iphones and teslas, right?
You're right if the US government wanted our drones to be as good and affordable as Chinese drones our government would invest in the US drawn industry the way China invested in theirs. Taxes and bans will not do it...
China investing in companies doesn't necessarily create a risk to other countries. The CCP does actively conduct all kinds of espionage and I'm sure they utilize every means possible to learn everything they can. The problem with all the hype about there being a threat from DJI drones is that it's never been explained in any way that makes sense. I fail to see how DJI, even if it were directly tied to CCP espionage can be a threat. Any fixed site in the country can already be observed and recorded by people on the ground, airplanes flying nearby or directly over and satellites. Even if DJI figured out some trick to take all of our high resolution imagery and send it to the CCP what would they see that they haven't already seen? A lot of what was said in that hearing was just nonsensical. One of those clowns actually said that China might be able to take control of our drones LOL Somehow the CCP can open our drone case, put a battery in the drone, turn it on, arm it with a weapon and conduct an attack??? LOL 🤣🤣🤣
if a drone from Chine comes into USA to be sold to our consumers to buy, can't we reprogram the drone so the CCP Government can't use our drones to view our country or our privacy??? I hope I am asking the question the right way...
It's definitely not. I have a friend who is a F16 pilot and he said it's legitimately scary. The thing is it's not dji it's the fact all of our electronics are from China.
OK, so the issue IMHO is Skydio left the consumer market in the USA AFTER developing a USA industry leading drone, the Skydio 2 (+). I don’t think it’s appropriate for them to comment on DJI’s ability to do business in the US. As for DJI, the initial concerns were patched, and the ONLY reason this is an issue at the moment is for assumed economic purposes, for US drone makers to be able to compete, and because of the recent push to ban TicTok. We had that with Skydio and they bailed, instead choosing to focus on military and law enforcement lucrative contracts. DJI is not damaging to the US any more that Facebook or Instagram is, this is political and those pushing this are ill advised and don’t understand the facts. Instead, they would rather rob US consumers the ability to have access to to state of the art creativity tools, the drones certainly, but add all action cameras and vlog cameras, anything from DJI.. this is absurd.. so Skydio, if this absurd ban gets passed, you better come to market again.. and stop raising the drone use in wars to justify the US ban..Also, as I watch this, its clear Skydio’s reason for being there is to push their drone advantages to the military
Sounds like Skydio admits they can’t compete to make a comparable product they want to ban. The market votes with their wallet. Period. Want to compete? Make something that actually competes or admit you can’t do it because you lack the ability.
Not anything in defense of DSP that rely on DJI for their living. Are there American drones that can fill my needs? Yes. Though they do not work as well and literally cost 5 times as much at least. If I have to go to an American built drone I will be priced out of any market that I do work in. It will put me out of business.
About the only sensible remarks I heard from this video is the concluding statement by Adam Bry - that the US had allowed its manufacturing base be shifted out of the US in the past 3 decades. That is the one and only factor which frustrated Skydios in producing a good product at a lower cost. That is however a US decision for which the CCP cannot be blamed. As to the rest of the "reasons" why tariff should be raised against DJI, such as CCP subsiding DJI (when DJI actually put up an auction for investment because too many private funds were trying to invest in the company), Skydios sent much less drones to Ukraine than DJI (because the Ukrainian army found Skydios not up to the task), China prohibiting exports of drones to Ukraine (when DJI bans drone exports to BOTH Ukraine and Russia because it did not want its drones be weaponized), China closing market to US drones (when the US can produce nothing that can be sold there), or because the drones are used on the genocide committed against the Uyghurs (when the population of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and their per capita GDP are rising) are childish and farcical. If the US government wants to ban DJI because the US industry cannot compete, just say it. Skydios 2 is a good drone. Its obstacle avoidance was the best when it first came out. However, in other respects, it fell behind the then DJI Mavic 2 pro. While Adam Bry is clever to say that he does not want to stifle competition through political USA, that statement is clearly disingenuous. I think he is seeking to bank on the military sector for Skydios.
Make better alternatives and keep them at an affordable price. Skydio doesn't even want to support consumers!!! They don't want anyone except for government and industrial only use!!
I would take the biggest piece of junk DJI has made to a top of the line Skydio drone, they are completely $#!%. We use Skydio drones for work and they are total pieces of $#!%. and they cost over $2,000 per drone, f'n joke
The technology discussed is modern, but the idealogy within these arguments sound like it's from the 50s. Where is the representation for everyone who uses DJI products to pay their bills and put food on the table? These proposed bans are ignorant and scary.
Because in China, the dictatorial state controls everything, everyone and every company. Including DJI. By ignoring the climate, the safety and health of the workers, paying minimum (or no) wages, controlling supply chains and inserting government funds in supposedly private companies, China is producing not just drones, but cars and other technology far cheaper than would be possible in the Western World. They took over the drone market, they're less than a decade away from taking over the electric car market. Not because they're better or smarter, but because they're not playing by the same rules. Western drone companies can't even afford to try and compete with China's low prices. Chinese companies can afford to outbid any Western Company in the world with low prices, due to child labor and actual modern slaves mining away in Africa, all while having the absolute largest carbon footprint in the world, while Western companies (especially in Europe) are hard pressed to reduce all emissions. At the same time, China are executing every Chinese citizen who dare speak up. China is one bad day away from attacking Taiwan, the same way Russia attacked Ukraine. When they've done that, they will own the GPU market as well. I love my DJI drone at least as much as you do, but China are not the good guys here. DJI ban, TikTok ban and Chinese car bans should have happened half a decade ago.
It's ironic that Mr Bry appears to support tariffs on Chinese drones to enhance the American drone industry while ending his own company's sale to the public. I had planned to purchase a Skydio2+ only to discover that they were no longer available. This has been a source of frustration and basically leaves me no other choice but DJI. I would prefer to Go American, but I need an autonomous drone and my options are now even more limited. It seems that Mr Bry is weeping about a situation he has helped create!
100.000 DJI Drones have helped Ukraine to combat The Russian Invasion vs 1000 Skydio. It's easy to see that DJI is the better Tool for the job, even if they have to be "hacked" (let's remember that ID tracking is a requirement in DJI drones because of US legislation) Are they even gonna invite anybody from DJI or the Drone Community to talk about the other side of the story? Are they gonna create thousands of new High Tech factories of chips, motors and other components in Mexico in the next 5-10 years? because they sure as hell Texans will not accept 3 USD per hour to generate the parts needed at competitive prices. Let's remember that Intel used to have a FAB in Costa Rica. It didn't last BTW. This is ridiculous. Skydio wants to sell us a 279 USD drone for 1000 USD, because they are SO PATRIOTIC, OF COURSE, WHY ELSE!?!??
Well done video! Thank you. I hope the legislators heard clearly where Adam Bry's passion for RC flight came from 3:06 . He started flying RC models and went on to college focused on flying and designing RC aircraft systems. Adam would not have been sitting there in Congress giving the speech had Congress criminalized RC flight earlier on. It's clear that American companies and legislators are only interested in high cost, subscription based, infrastructure tools. How about we subsidize high-quality VTX, ESC, flight controllers, and Motors. An American-made hobby will grow and flourish but it doesn't look like that is our current trajectory.
Two things i got from that. 1.theres plenty of money to fund Ukraine. Where does that money come from people are starving. According to media streams? 2. Dji drones are anything but cheap i paid 1,300 usd for mine. The example they showed was an older model model . On a closing note China has satellites that are way better than drones for spying and what about mobile phones. Do does this mean if another country was outselling say fruit to the us and cheaper we should ban that country. I rest my case.
I fly a dji drone and absolutely proud of it in every aspect of it. If you can't fit in the competition, the new world order, lobby to get your competitor banned !!! It's a big shame it's getting to this way. Throwing blows below the belt.
The purpose of an import tariff is to deincentivize buying something, not incentivize buying something else. A tariff will not make people buy anything they don't want.
They compare a sub 250g entry drone that came out 4 years ago to a drone from skdio that's in a completely different weight class. Their arguments may sound good but once you bring up specs and relevant info it is so horrible to listen to.
Tariffs and bans - So much for a free market like the Government would lead us to believe. Tariffs don't punish the foreign country, They punish the consumer.
Let’s keep in mind that there is a 25% surcharge on Chinese made drones now, so that means the American purchaser of their drones are already paying more than 25% more that they would have to if not for the government and complaint’s from US Drone Mfgs.
wonder if they know how nissan(datsun) toyota and honda started here and why they are considered the best…. banning will only affect the public this is a democracy let me choose what i can buy specially if quality is there no other brand have the same quality as dji
Why would U.S. drones be used on the battlefield in Ukraine? That's not our fight. What about THE CITIZENS OF THE US? WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BUY WHERE WE WANT
Wow, sounds like we’re in trouble. I have more than $6K invested within the 8 months I’ve been flying. If this ban happens, I’m totally done because to go back and buy a new and unfamiliar systems (afford it or not) is just way more than I care to do. Will essentially drop all of my investments in STEM to students, and the clientele I currently fly for in other industries. This WILL be goodbye for sure. Thanks for the info on the posts.
I just bought my DJI 4 days ago and I just received my DJI mini 4 pro today. Why ban this one company china, if they are concern national security, ban all products made from china like iPhone, Television, clothes, and in fact everything. To produce the best product means produce it the best thing, and not ban the best thing.
I love how government sell outs that couldn’t compete in the consumer market get to dictate policy. Make a better product for the consumer and we’d buy it.
Listened to first 3 minutes. We The People should not sit and b..tch about it, instead we should be calling our representatives 3 times a day every day until they either drop this garbage or release the "secret incriminating" docs
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So it's all about profit. The "national security" thing is just a talking point to cover their asses.
Always has been
#BoycottSkyDio
Just because they brought him into testify, means the national security reason is a talking point?
Huh??? 😂
If you don't think China is our adversary. You should get out of your mothers basement. The anti-china movement started long befor this. In 2016 actually. They get intelligence reports daily, and they know things about this situation that you will never know.
It is 100% about national security and nothing else. If you think otherwise you know nothing about the people behind this bill.
They are America first politicians, and not the dems or reps that take bribes.
The highest level of bias
Absolutely. If they were a threat they would have banned them in 1017.
I went to a drone training conference last year and attended a seminar hosted by a Skydio rep showcasing Skydio drones. He allowed us to test fly the drone and admitted that it wasn't near as good as the DJI drones. He even seemed to have trouble getting it off the ground at first. I wasn't sold on Skydio. This ban has nothing to do with CCP and security. It's about American companies like Skydio trying to ban the competition. Skydio has paid millions of dollars in lobbying money to Congress to get this ban approved. I called my senators and representatives and I received a response back from one of them where he stated "the security of the US is of utmost importance to him" blah blah blah. To summarize, it's already been bought and paid for. The ban will happen thanks to this asshole from Skydio. Skydio drones have sucked since day one and have been more expensive than DJI. No American company can provide a drone as good as DJI for the price because of corporate greed. Maybe they should should just let the experts at DJI handle making the drones and get out of the market. Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen.
Hi sir, may I ask what when it had trouble getting off the ground?
@@jamestran347 I can't recall all the details as he wasn't describing what was happening. We stood around and waited for the tech to get the drone up. You could see he was obviously having technical difficulties.
@@machinegundroner9411 it sounds like gps denied to prevent takeoff, during indoor?
who knows Skydio drones might be built by Yihang or even cheaper ones to maximise their profit hahahaha
@@jamestran347 nope. outdoor flight.
If you can't beat them, ban them.
Shame on the government and sore loser Skydio.
Funny thing is... I know multiple folks (including myself) and entities that were going to purchase Skydio units... And unfortunately now that is not possible... So let's get rid of the only other real options for personal or just starting out professional consumers... This seems like not setting up a Monopoly (for Skydio) like they are all saying DJI is...
I love DJI drones, but China banned American drones to be sold in their country, and China dominates 90% of the American drone market. There has to be another way to solve this issue.
@@mfarmarco In that case, you’re really not going to like the disruption effects of their automation
Wrong. 💥 DJI is a company owned and operated by the CCP. The GPS features and upload of footage to remote servers make this machine an OBVIOUS national security issue at the base line...and then we have the corporate and national securoty apparatus that uses them. You can be disappointed, but dont confuse the issue with American jealousy....the machine is ALL US tech and patants. ALL. The CCP provides the slave labour and techies. 💸💸💸 The question you all need to ask is WHO decided to build and buy this tech from there? Why was it not a US tool from the start?
Not just the government fault were all to blame were just as stupid to let china collect information about are country because were to lazy and cheap i sure china thanks all of us for giving tons of information about America to them so if a war did break out they will have the upper hand and we call our self's smart its the other way around
Comparing a Skydio drone to literally the cheapest DJI drone available is ludacris!
Yeah, just goes to show how much lawmakers know about drones. I do not expect them to be experts, but to only have a manufacturer in front of them versus end users...not a good move towards understanding. Nothing like getting a single perspective to reinforce your existing opinion. Ho hum...
@@CousinSchultz I do expect them to hire experts. Instead, they listen to mostly marketing and make decisions based on that (and based on whoever pays the most)
@@CousinSchultz legislators know what they're doing. they brought in the guy that would tell them what they wanted to hear. China bad, drones bad, unless they're operated by corporations under the government's thumb.
Even though that cheap DJI drone is still a superior product, though, lol. Not in terms of build and hardware maybe, but in terms of what you can do with it. I don't even really see much use for a consumer skydio drone, beyond have just a better version of something like a Hover X1. To me, a skydio is more of a toy, or tik tok tool. Most people aren't uploading social media shorts, or wanting a mostly useless $1000+ novelty toy.
I don't even get this military/govenernment partnership with skydio. That would be like the military partnering with hasbro for manufacturing. You really want our military driving around in Lego tanks?
The CEO of Skydio is telling the senators exactly what they want to hear and some of it isn't true. He has every reason to lead the charge to ban Chinese made drones.
Sounds to me like this is more about skydio getting that massive government contract rather than national security issues.
I fly a skydio x10 provided by my place of business and personally own a DJI Mavic 3Pro, and the Skydio is such an inferior product.
Huh, x10 worst than Mavic 3? Hi what was wrong with it, I wanted an x10
@jamestran347 The remote has a bad picture, almost like it has bad reception/transmission. It also has delayed responses to the inputs of the controlled. I think they spent way too much time on the A.I. side and forgot that humans will be flying them.
@@80gritt oh i see i agree, the transmission isn't good it has poor range by the looks of it, how far range before u go input lag? 😕
@@jamestran347 200ft...hahahaha
@@80gritt oh no that's bad, try using fcc booster or antenna booster
We will Boycott Skydio. They want to ban the GOAT then we will put them outta business. Simple and to the point.
They pulled out the consumer market. They are just focused on going after government money. Screwing the consumer and allow competition in the consumer market.
But..but.. it's not your money they want, they are after the government big money. Every one of them just needs a reason to pass the money.
When you are boycotting something, at least there's something to boycott eh? What does Skydio have? Nothing!
@@MMLL369 😂😂😂 bahahaha
@@KokaKuku Our tax money
When you can't beat your competition just ban them instead🤣 Skydio is trash and no one wants that
So A CEO of a single company is an advocate of an entire industry.
It seems so.. 🙄.. I’ve never heard of Skydio until all this ban stuff started..
At the very least ALL corporate and national security bodies must replace DJI. Its all US tech and patants anyway.
@@KrazyHouseMedia Because Skydio are commercial and sell to police and fire and agriculture
He's a f@cking lier
I know. What a spectacle😂
Skydio CEO didn't talk to us consumers at all, he only spoke to big business and military.
He didn't talk to us but he talked about us with all of the threat stuff and general industry stuff.
You can bet that the prohibitions on Chinese drones and taxes on them will affect you and I.
Well they aren’t flying skydio drones in Ukraine, a good number are fpv drones made in China and the other half that are used as observers are DJI drones, the UI is unmistakeable, shows how little they actually care about security.
They're speaking to the market they serve, may not be an intentional snub.
@@GrowWildOutdoors
If skydio's agenda is successful it will destroy small DSPs and hobbyist. Should that be considered a snub,
This is so typical.
Some thing: good
If China does said thing: not good
15 year olds perspective right here.
@@DingleBerryschnappsyes, even 15 yr olds get it and you don’t.
I noticed skydio turned off their comments on their channel. They don't want to hear from the consumer?
Oh my God… they totally did!!!! I just went there to see if this was true.
You’re right. You can’t comment on any of their videos!
@@dronecamps none of them! I hope they know the hit they are about to take if they keep pushing this ban.
@@dronecamps skydio is going to take a hit if they keep pushing for this ban no one on the commercial sidebis going to purchase their equipment out of spite. I know I won't
But they wanna speak for us.
So sketch
Legally taking away our autonomy, this is outrageous and childish. Everyone knows skydio product aren't great. Period. They had to go out of business for sub par products as no one buys them as they are overpriced
Man I was a huge fan of Skydio. Then they pulled their consumer drone and now this. Was it on purpose to say they can't compete? It was a good drone that was almost there. How about continue to develop? If Skydio had a better camera I would be flying one now. What he left out was consumer drones. And drones for professional content creators. Skydio does not build this. They also do not build large AG drones. This is bullshit.
Skydio not worth the money hence the bankruptcy
hence why they are pushing this bill.
Lmao they think their drones would suddenly start selling?
@@JojoJoget You can't even buy one! I tried. WTH? I actually wanted one for motorcycle stuff. Now I would not buy one ever.
Will they ban my DJI electric toothbrush now too? LOL
Only if it has bluetooth connectivity to something like an app to keep track of how often you brush or something like that.
yep, that was whole point. but since whole western economy relies on china manufacturing, they can strike back 10x as much, if needed. but you need brains to realise that..
lol you need to use American made toothbrush
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225my tooth brushing schedule is of utmost importance to the CCP
What the skydio guy forgot to mention that his company stands to make a ton of money with DJI out of the way. In last I checked they don't make a drone under 500 bucks that I can afford
Take note that they also don’t even make a consumer drone anymore!
Skydio is not concerned about consumer drones. They want ridiculous government money.
skyturd guy wont see a dime from me ....DJI owners unite and never buy skyturd guys crap
Our world will not benefit from raising the walls between countries higher and higher. A prosper future, a real good future will have us all working together. Not against each other. Shame.
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☝️ 100% NPC
Deny consumers access to the market, great….
The opening analogy to competing in the Olympics is ironic because America hobbling the Chinese drone industry is like saying we can't win the Olympics, so let's not let Chinese athletes compete.
This is so contradicting. Let’s say your kid does well in school, they invested in themselves. Now he’s too good but they worked hard to get there. Now let’s punish them and hold them back to let everyone have a chance. Ridiculous. That essentially the US. Punish hard work and accept mediocrity. It’s a failing country like the UK and Canada. So stupid.
Good analogy. Punishing DJI drones is not gonna make American drones more available or better.
If these guys wanted American drones to be better and more affordable they would invest in the American drone industry the way China invested in theirs.
All this talk about tariffs and bans will slow American development, not help it.
well said
Actually happened already Reggie Bush USC...
DJi is literally printing money with how much NATO and Russia are both buying thousands of their drones every week as consumables in Ukraine.
This ironically actually punishes American drone industry, because consumers don't have infinite money, if they can't buy a good drone at the price they can afford, they'll just not buy drones, which in turn will kill drone demand in the US and along with it everything consumer drone in the US.
I will fly paper airplanes before I buy ANYTHING from this man
Who is skydio? Dint hear about them till this ban stuff came about. Also looked into skydio and why is there no availability except on eBay used?
Here’s another observation, their controller and accessories look like they’re from the clearance bin at the dollar store.
I hope this blows over soon.
If you've been in the drone scene for the last 5 years, you've heard of them.
Perhaps you're new. 🤷
@DingleBerryschnapps Hell, I have been flying FPV since 2013, I haven't heard of them either.
@@almaguerjohn777
The FPV segment is a different segment. It's been my impression over the last several years that as the GPS drones have become popular the RC and FPV communities have detested them are kind of proud of not having any involvement whatsoever.
It's natural that by keeping the FPV community isolated they wouldn't be up to date on players like skydio.
@@DingleBerryschnapps I don’t see how me not knowing them is relevant being that from what I’ve looked up, they weren’t relevant either. They dropped out of the consumer market in 2023 so being that I am “new” as of 2023, Skydio would have not crossed my path since I was in the consumer market
@@DingleBerryschnapps Skydio2 bailed on us hobbyist.. my skydio2 is out collecting dust. I prefer DJI
Believe me I’m in the same boat we should make our US made drone, but they want a lot of money for it and the design isn’t that great, DJI is affordable yet is good looking drone imo.
People remember once they ban DJI please don’t buy Skydio under any circumstances. They should be ashamed of themselves
Good way to start a boycott of your products is to testify against your competitors, and as a vet, there is nothing more annoying than those pip squeaks that mention their previous family service without doing any of their own.
These tariffs hurt nobody but the American people. The if you place a 20% tariff, the manufacturer can just charge 20% more. If a drone goes from $1,500 to $1,800, people are just gonna spend more money, instead of buying a garbage American drone (which probably still costs more). Like, if I go to get something to eat, and I want a hamburger, but you tell me "Ooh, we had to raise the price from $8 to $25 for the burger... We do have a white crusty dog turd available, and it's only $5." Yeah, I'm still gonna pay for the burger, because I'm not buying a piece of shit.
Basically they ignore consumer drones market … how it will affect the hobby flyers
But they didn't ignore the consumer drone market and used an old cheap dji drone as an example.
You could bet your socks that whatever restrictive measures they put in place will affect your consumer DJI drone.
When they were talking about all the faux threats posed by drones they were talking about all drones not just military drones...
What happened to competition and the capitalistic system. I'm all for standing up to China but not at the expense of the American consumer. This ban has nothing to do with the CCP and is all about stifling competition!
American people will be deprived of good drones, super cheap super quality EVs, best telephone , 5gs..all this happen are because of the politician that work for themselves than for Americans
#boycotskydio who’s with me?
Unfortunately, first responders will have to use use Skydio at an exorbant price thereby keeping them in business..other professionals will need it too like I will for geomapping..there will be a phase out ban also #fskydio
I have a dji drone and was looking at getting a skydio but not anymore. I'm boycotting skydio
When a company has to much to gain and nothing to lose, then flags should go up.
It’s a true shame we are going to be screwed by these people. Skydio should be boycotted. I’m 59. I started flying control line. I’ve flown and built many models in my life. I now own a DJI mini 3 pro. I, for one do not appreciate this. Skydio has an inferior product for consumers in the US, and now we are going to pay for it. Between Skydio and Amazon this hobby, in the USA, is dead. Thanks lots.
Skydio doesn't even have a consumer type drone anymore
Thank you Justin for this excellent update. Here are my thoughts: U. S. made drones suck........ If they didn't, they wouldn't be having this discussion. Remember 3DR? I bought one. The IRIS............. The worst piece of junk I ever owned. I had a warranty issue regarding the Pixhawk flight controller. After reviewing my issue and determining that the flight controller was defective. They asked me if I would be willing to do the repair if they sent me the part with instructions. They said it was a simple repair and that anyone with average motor skills can do it. Being a former camera repairman for the U.A Air Force, I said yes.......... Big, big mistake. The drone never did fly as promised, and 3DR left the consumer drone market shortly there after. I would never buy a U.S. made drone unless it was a toy for a kid.
Never going to buy a skydio!!
WE TRYED SKYIDO DRONES !! THEY SUCKED. GO BUILD THAT CRAP SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!
Joe Bartlett is Director of Federal Policy at Skydio and used to be National Security Advisor for Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (the author of the bill).
Jeez!
Love how they showed the Skydio 2+ a drone Skydio pulled from the market to force X10 AT 20x-30x the cost to the market.
I will never, ever, ever buy a Skydio drone. I don't care if it's the only drone available for sale. I'll build my own before that.
Same. If it comes to it I will just build a DIY drone before giving Skydio any money.
I wonder if they will invite the CEO of DJI to the next hearing to refute the BS from Skydio's CEO.
@@horizonskyfpvrc6152 no way he would be jailed in the US just like others chinese tech leaders, like cfo of huawei, ceo of binance, who is the next poor guy from tiktok or dji😂
After the US ordered Canada to kidnap the daughter of Huawei's founder, no head of a Chinese tech company will ever set foot on US soil again.
TikTok's CEO is not Chinese, he's Singaporean.
any average person can easy refute the BS from those senator and skyradio CEO.
saying china band US drone in china is 100% lie and hilarious to believe in their BS.
@@gujg2010 Those cases are not in any way similar to this case or even to each other.
@@JH-pt6ih there are no case bro under the name of national security cases can be created as needed. how about jailed wangtao the founder of dji since dji drones used by russian in war, make sense right
Many drone parts of Skydio are made in China.
So In other words he wants a government hand out.
Yes a government handout and ban the competition...
Is there going to be any counterpoint to any of this?…hopefully
The counter will be if we write letters to these people and open letters to everyone in Congress explaining point by point how this hearing was more about marketing than facts.
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 I agree and I did so here in Illinois
He speaks as if it were "unfair competition because the Chinese government helps DJI," but Skydio has an agreement with the American government where they will receive 20 million dollars annually for 5 years to supply drones for the military. I agree with market protectionism, but what bothers me is all this hypocrisy in the reasons they claim.
Based on his testimony, it sounds like his focus was in the wrong place, if he was intending to compete with DJI. DJI’s focus was not on autonomous drones. One if his focus stayed on remote control drones, he may have been able to advance and keep up with DJI.
So china is investing in its companies and pushing them to do better creates a national security? I disagree with their comments.
Bahahahahaha!!!
Pick up a history book!
Also, educate yourself about the ccp and communism.
@@DingleBerryschnapps its you who should pick some book and get informed. oh, i forgot, "communism" is only ok to manufacture iphones and teslas, right?
You're right if the US government wanted our drones to be as good and affordable as Chinese drones our government would invest in the US drawn industry the way China invested in theirs. Taxes and bans will not do it...
@DingleBerryschnapps a history book written by who? Chinese history written by western countries? 😅
China investing in companies doesn't necessarily create a risk to other countries.
The CCP does actively conduct all kinds of espionage and I'm sure they utilize every means possible to learn everything they can.
The problem with all the hype about there being a threat from DJI drones is that it's never been explained in any way that makes sense. I fail to see how DJI, even if it were directly tied to CCP espionage can be a threat.
Any fixed site in the country can already be observed and recorded by people on the ground, airplanes flying nearby or directly over and satellites. Even if DJI figured out some trick to take all of our high resolution imagery and send it to the CCP what would they see that they haven't already seen?
A lot of what was said in that hearing was just nonsensical. One of those clowns actually said that China might be able to take control of our drones LOL
Somehow the CCP can open our drone case, put a battery in the drone, turn it on, arm it with a weapon and conduct an attack??? LOL 🤣🤣🤣
Skydio is gonna be the one to be the national security and instantly get hack as soon as our forces have skydio 🤣
So let's ban what we can't compete with? Smh
I bet this guy flys a DJI drone and is just jealous his stuff sucks
if a drone from Chine comes into USA to be sold to our consumers to buy, can't we reprogram the drone so the CCP Government can't use our drones to view our country or our privacy??? I hope I am asking the question the right way...
Of course...and Elise Stefanik has ties to Skydio.🤬
thats right follow the money
The fact that skydio is pushing a ban. Shows me the whole security issues is a bunch of bs
It's definitely not. I have a friend who is a F16 pilot and he said it's legitimately scary. The thing is it's not dji it's the fact all of our electronics are from China.
It should be called the Forced Inferior Products Act. FIPA.
OK, so the issue IMHO is Skydio left the consumer market in the USA AFTER developing a USA industry leading drone, the Skydio 2 (+). I don’t think it’s appropriate for them to comment on DJI’s ability to do business in the US. As for DJI, the initial concerns were patched, and the ONLY reason this is an issue at the moment is for assumed economic purposes, for US drone makers to be able to compete, and because of the recent push to ban TicTok. We had that with Skydio and they bailed, instead choosing to focus on military and law enforcement lucrative contracts. DJI is not damaging to the US any more that Facebook or Instagram is, this is political and those pushing this are ill advised and don’t understand the facts. Instead, they would rather rob US consumers the ability to have access to to state of the art creativity tools, the drones certainly, but add all action cameras and vlog cameras, anything from DJI.. this is absurd.. so Skydio, if this absurd ban gets passed, you better come to market again.. and stop raising the drone use in wars to justify the US ban..Also, as I watch this, its clear Skydio’s reason for being there is to push their drone advantages to the military
Skydio can't compete, because skydio sux period. their drones are just not a good product.
THEY WANT TO CONTROL THE AIRSPACE!
Can’t keep up with the competition so have them removed…sad.
Skydio ceo: we decided to discontinue producing drones for public use.
Also Skydio ceo: there is no competition to CCP drones.
Make this make sense…
lol the dji isn’t playing fair because they’re better than us. Our government is stupid.
Sounds like Skydio admits they can’t compete to make a comparable product they want to ban.
The market votes with their wallet. Period. Want to compete? Make something that actually competes or admit you can’t do it because you lack the ability.
Not anything in defense of DSP that rely on DJI for their living. Are there American drones that can fill my needs? Yes. Though they do not work as well and literally cost 5 times as much at least. If I have to go to an American built drone I will be priced out of any market that I do work in. It will put me out of business.
About the only sensible remarks I heard from this video is the concluding statement by Adam Bry - that the US had allowed its manufacturing base be shifted out of the US in the past 3 decades. That is the one and only factor which frustrated Skydios in producing a good product at a lower cost. That is however a US decision for which the CCP cannot be blamed.
As to the rest of the "reasons" why tariff should be raised against DJI, such as CCP subsiding DJI (when DJI actually put up an auction for investment because too many private funds were trying to invest in the company), Skydios sent much less drones to Ukraine than DJI (because the Ukrainian army found Skydios not up to the task), China prohibiting exports of drones to Ukraine (when DJI bans drone exports to BOTH Ukraine and Russia because it did not want its drones be weaponized), China closing market to US drones (when the US can produce nothing that can be sold there), or because the drones are used on the genocide committed against the Uyghurs (when the population of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and their per capita GDP are rising) are childish and farcical. If the US government wants to ban DJI because the US industry cannot compete, just say it.
Skydios 2 is a good drone. Its obstacle avoidance was the best when it first came out. However, in other respects, it fell behind the then DJI Mavic 2 pro. While Adam Bry is clever to say that he does not want to stifle competition through political USA, that statement is clearly disingenuous. I think he is seeking to bank on the military sector for Skydios.
Make better alternatives and keep them at an affordable price. Skydio doesn't even want to support consumers!!! They don't want anyone except for government and industrial only use!!
Name an American made drone that doesn't drop bombs.
I literally can't watch this. i get too angry..
Do they even hear themselves talking? 😅 Reaks of corruption
They need to ban Chinese spy balloons 🎈
Yeah instead of making better cheaper products we will ban the competition.
Cheaply made!?!? I get tens of thousands of flights out of my DJI!!! It’s the best. With the best support. Period. Cry a river sky duo.
What next TOYOTA VS FORD
They want autonomous drones so no human needed. No need for a part 107 then.
I would take the biggest piece of junk DJI has made to a top of the line Skydio drone, they are completely $#!%. We use Skydio drones for work and they are total pieces of $#!%. and they cost over $2,000 per drone, f'n joke
He said, “let the users decide which is the better product” 👀 my man the people have spoken already 😂 DJI 💯
The technology discussed is modern, but the idealogy within these arguments sound like it's from the 50s.
Where is the representation for everyone who uses DJI products to pay their bills and put food on the table? These proposed bans are ignorant and scary.
Anyone tldw how exactly is China breaking "the rules"?
Because in China, the dictatorial state controls everything, everyone and every company. Including DJI. By ignoring the climate, the safety and health of the workers, paying minimum (or no) wages, controlling supply chains and inserting government funds in supposedly private companies, China is producing not just drones, but cars and other technology far cheaper than would be possible in the Western World. They took over the drone market, they're less than a decade away from taking over the electric car market. Not because they're better or smarter, but because they're not playing by the same rules. Western drone companies can't even afford to try and compete with China's low prices. Chinese companies can afford to outbid any Western Company in the world with low prices, due to child labor and actual modern slaves mining away in Africa, all while having the absolute largest carbon footprint in the world, while Western companies (especially in Europe) are hard pressed to reduce all emissions. At the same time, China are executing every Chinese citizen who dare speak up. China is one bad day away from attacking Taiwan, the same way Russia attacked Ukraine. When they've done that, they will own the GPU market as well.
I love my DJI drone at least as much as you do, but China are not the good guys here. DJI ban, TikTok ban and Chinese car bans should have happened half a decade ago.
It's ironic that Mr Bry appears to support tariffs on Chinese drones to enhance the American drone industry while ending his own company's sale to the public. I had planned to purchase a Skydio2+ only to discover that they were no longer available. This has been a source of frustration and basically leaves me no other choice but DJI. I would prefer to Go American, but I need an autonomous drone and my options are now even more limited. It seems that Mr Bry is weeping about a situation he has helped create!
100.000 DJI Drones have helped Ukraine to combat The Russian Invasion vs 1000 Skydio. It's easy to see that DJI is the better Tool for the job, even if they have to be "hacked" (let's remember that ID tracking is a requirement in DJI drones because of US legislation)
Are they even gonna invite anybody from DJI or the Drone Community to talk about the other side of the story?
Are they gonna create thousands of new High Tech factories of chips, motors and other components in Mexico in the next 5-10 years? because they sure as hell Texans will not accept 3 USD per hour to generate the parts needed at competitive prices.
Let's remember that Intel used to have a FAB in Costa Rica. It didn't last BTW.
This is ridiculous. Skydio wants to sell us a 279 USD drone for 1000 USD, because they are SO PATRIOTIC, OF COURSE, WHY ELSE!?!??
Well done video! Thank you. I hope the legislators heard clearly where Adam Bry's passion for RC flight came from 3:06 . He started flying RC models and went on to college focused on flying and designing RC aircraft systems.
Adam would not have been sitting there in Congress giving the speech had Congress criminalized RC flight earlier on. It's clear that American companies and legislators are only interested in high cost, subscription based, infrastructure tools.
How about we subsidize high-quality VTX, ESC, flight controllers, and Motors. An American-made hobby will grow and flourish but it doesn't look like that is our current trajectory.
Two things i got from that.
1.theres plenty of money to fund Ukraine. Where does that money come from people are starving. According to media streams?
2. Dji drones are anything but cheap i paid 1,300 usd for mine. The example they showed was an older model model .
On a closing note China has satellites that are way better than drones for spying and what about mobile phones.
Do does this mean if another country was outselling say fruit to the us and cheaper we should ban that country. I rest my case.
This is a great dog and pony show where you hand pick your witnesses and toss them softball questions.
This is absolutely disgusting. Literally comparing apples to baseballs.
I fly a dji drone and absolutely proud of it in every aspect of it. If you can't fit in the competition, the new world order, lobby to get your competitor banned !!! It's a big shame it's getting to this way. Throwing blows below the belt.
When does DJI testify?
The purpose of an import tariff is to deincentivize buying something, not incentivize buying something else. A tariff will not make people buy anything they don't want.
Wait until they find out Google maps exists🤣
They compare a sub 250g entry drone that came out 4 years ago to a drone from skdio that's in a completely different weight class. Their arguments may sound good but once you bring up specs and relevant info it is so horrible to listen to.
Tariffs and bans - So much for a free market like the Government would lead us to believe. Tariffs don't punish the foreign country, They punish the consumer.
Tariffs on semiconductors, drones or whatever end cost us more, the consumer. We are the loser in this like always.
Let’s keep in mind that there is a 25% surcharge on Chinese made drones now, so that means the American purchaser of their drones are already paying more than 25% more that they would have to if not for the government and complaint’s from US Drone Mfgs.
Can they clarify and specific which rules DJI is breaking?
Not at all
Time to bud light Skydio.
The chairman Moolenaar spoon feeding Bry questions. How long did they practice that act? So blatantly obvious!
wonder if they know how nissan(datsun) toyota and honda started here and why they are considered the best…. banning will only affect the public this is a democracy let me choose what i can buy specially if quality is there no other brand have the same quality as dji
Why would U.S. drones be used on the battlefield in Ukraine? That's not our fight. What about THE CITIZENS OF THE US? WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BUY WHERE WE WANT
Wow, sounds like we’re in trouble. I have more than $6K invested within the 8 months I’ve been flying. If this ban happens, I’m totally done because to go back and buy a new and unfamiliar systems (afford it or not) is just way more than I care to do. Will essentially drop all of my investments in STEM to students, and the clientele I currently fly for in other industries. This WILL be goodbye for sure. Thanks for the info on the posts.
Yeah. We can compete and win if we eliminate the competition. Of course
I just bought my DJI 4 days ago and I just received my DJI mini 4 pro today. Why ban this one company china, if they are concern national security, ban all products made from china like iPhone, Television, clothes, and in fact everything.
To produce the best product means produce it the best thing, and not ban the best thing.
If the US supports a different US company, would Bry still be supportive? They do open for bids after all. He may still not be the winner here.
I love how government sell outs that couldn’t compete in the consumer market get to dictate policy. Make a better product for the consumer and we’d buy it.
So basically an american company is crying that a chinese company is producing the same exact product for less..
Listened to first 3 minutes. We The People should not sit and b..tch about it, instead we should be calling our representatives 3 times a day every day until they either drop this garbage or release the "secret incriminating" docs
Skydio don’t even sell consumer drones anymore 😏 so how could you compete with Dji get out of here!!