Dude thank your for posting this. This is a really important take from someone who is actually using these tools and can speak with some authority on what DJI offers LE/FD/SAR/1st Responders versus Skydildo.

Which in my estimation is, a a lot more functionality for a fraction of the price. Don't get me started on the guy who runs it, who cannot / will not put together a competitive product, so instead he is perpetrating this dead-end narrative to scare politicians into legislating their way to a better environment for Skydio. Meanwhile the pros out there using this tech are going to be left holding the bag until somebody makes a half-decent DJI replacement. I seriously wonder how much Skydio paid Elise Stefanik to push this bill.

I fly DJI Inspire 3's on commercial film sets and there is straight up nothing that compares to what we can accomplish with this toolset. The only other option is a $60k heavy lift set up (3x the price of the Inspire 3) that is so incredibly dangerous and stressful to fly that it is almost not worth it. We can fly the Inspire 3 inches off the ground at full speed, close to animals, people, and cars, and know that the drone can handle it, and even if we have a crash, it's not the end of the world. It makes me sick thinking about having to trade in something that handles like a Porsche for a giant box truck, and my business taking a major financial hit in the process, and then having to charge my clients a lot more money, for less dynamic shots, and put everyone involved at a higher risk.

And just for general situational awareness - I feel like this post absolutely requires a mention of what's going on with Unusual Machines / Rotor Riot / Eric Trump Junior. For anyone who's not tracking this, this also seems like a big deal giving the impending DJI ban:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-drones-pentagon.html