good thing drones builds are relatively straightforward using 3d printer and a YouTube guidance!
bailedwiththehay on
Don Jr just joined the board of a military drone company that was awarded a huge government contract. They are just getting rid of the competition for him.
Stereo_Jungle_Child on
So…they’re worried that people are going to make hard-to-trace/track weapons out of them?
Deadman_Wonderland on
People will just smuggle DJI drones over the boarder from Canada or Mexico. There is no good alternative to DJI drones, freelancers use them to make a living, Hollywood use them to shoot movies, fire departments use them in search and rescue, enterprises use them for surveys. Too many people depend on these drones, and zero alternative that’s even close to the technology and price range that DJI drones offers.
META_vision on
Man, the US is gonna be so far behind in drone technology so fast. This isolationist mentality is ridiculous
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tm3_to_ev6 on
Canada and Mexico don’t ban these things… Just take a day trip across the border and say “no” with a straight face when asked if you have anything to declare on the way home. Or if you want to be super careful, buy a lot of not-banned stuff and declare that stuff while conveniently leaving out one item, so you look less suspicious.
Silicon_Knight on
Feel free to come to Canada, spend a little time here grab a double double, depending where you are go to one of our cities. Buy a drone and go home. 🙂 maybe take in a hockey game, have a poutine.
SugarInvestigator on
Well they’re banning foreign made people so why not drones
taskforceslacker on
Someone in government has a portfolio fat with Skydio stock.
Thedudeistjedi on
they plan on moving against the people , ukraine showed how effective cheap drones can be agaisnt a military power
Steamysauna on
Pretty ironic and hilarious for the MAGA supporting Hobby Lobby. Put some salt on your face for the leopards!
Practical_Smell_4244 on
The drones can be used to film females while they are showering or capture them cheating to blackmail important people like politicians and shit its a an understandable situation
DMMMOM on
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Crazy really because although there are US drone manufacturers, they don’t have anything like the market share of DJI and all the parts ultimately come from foreign countries anyway. Like all of Dumps stupid ideas, he’s banning and taxing things before the homegrown infrastructure can be put in place.
PozhanPop on
Wow. This is going to hurt DJI.
cool_slowbro on
That’s not very free market of them.
Appropriate_Weekend9 on
So my collection of busted dji drones just went up in value?
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So banned nearly all drones .. got it.
But… lAnD oF tHe fReE… ? lIBeRtY & jUstAzz 4 alllll?
And because of how vague their wording is, they’ve effectively blocked the import of all RC airplanes and components as well:
https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/amagov/2025/12/22/fcc-foreign-uas-component-decision/
So what’s the cost of an exemption these days?
So we can just Flock ourselves
My DJI MP3 just went up in value.
Isn’t this for “new” models going forward mainly?
Are the two legged robot army considered drones?
Does this apply to high altitude balloons too?
good thing drones builds are relatively straightforward using 3d printer and a YouTube guidance!
Don Jr just joined the board of a military drone company that was awarded a huge government contract. They are just getting rid of the competition for him.
So…they’re worried that people are going to make hard-to-trace/track weapons out of them?
People will just smuggle DJI drones over the boarder from Canada or Mexico. There is no good alternative to DJI drones, freelancers use them to make a living, Hollywood use them to shoot movies, fire departments use them in search and rescue, enterprises use them for surveys. Too many people depend on these drones, and zero alternative that’s even close to the technology and price range that DJI drones offers.
Man, the US is gonna be so far behind in drone technology so fast. This isolationist mentality is ridiculous
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Canada and Mexico don’t ban these things… Just take a day trip across the border and say “no” with a straight face when asked if you have anything to declare on the way home. Or if you want to be super careful, buy a lot of not-banned stuff and declare that stuff while conveniently leaving out one item, so you look less suspicious.
Feel free to come to Canada, spend a little time here grab a double double, depending where you are go to one of our cities. Buy a drone and go home. 🙂 maybe take in a hockey game, have a poutine.
Well they’re banning foreign made people so why not drones
Someone in government has a portfolio fat with Skydio stock.
they plan on moving against the people , ukraine showed how effective cheap drones can be agaisnt a military power
Pretty ironic and hilarious for the MAGA supporting Hobby Lobby. Put some salt on your face for the leopards!
The drones can be used to film females while they are showering or capture them cheating to blackmail important people like politicians and shit its a an understandable situation
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Crazy really because although there are US drone manufacturers, they don’t have anything like the market share of DJI and all the parts ultimately come from foreign countries anyway. Like all of Dumps stupid ideas, he’s banning and taxing things before the homegrown infrastructure can be put in place.
Wow. This is going to hurt DJI.
That’s not very free market of them.
So my collection of busted dji drones just went up in value?