Why does the drone community think DJI is always coming up with "NEW" and "Original" things?
As a faithful and longtime Yuneec owner who also has a DJI product as well as an avid motorcyclist - I see some very similar behaviors from each community and think I would like to take a swing at your first question even realizing it is probably a rhetorical question.
Like moths to a flame, new and inexperienced users typically apply the 'herd mentality' approach to a new endeavor. With little experience and a somewhat lazy means of evaluation, they simply base their choice on what a majority of users have done before them. Once that brand choice is made, there is a strong
need to justify and solidify that choice constantly - thus developing a rather blind 'brand loyalty'. This growing of the herd only perpetuates and reinforces their brand loyalty which; has the effect of reinforcing newcomers herd mentality. Seemingly a never-ending cycle.
There is an end to the cycle at some point, and this is where my motorcycle thoughts come into play. I will try to keep this short. In the last two decades of the previous century (That would be the 1980 - 2000)
motorcycling began a large period of growth here in the US as well as Europe. The various manufacturers - foreign and domestic began to compete for for those new dollars. Some brands focused on certain markets while others tried to cover all markets. Fads came and went as did popular types of motorcycles - sport bikes, cruisers, dirt bikes and others.
There was one manufacture here in the US that built an absolute dominant market for itself and it did so due to herd mentality. To own one of 'these' bikes put you in a class all by itself. They were not cheap, in fact some of the most expensive on the market. Didn't matter - the masses wanted one. They were not high performance in nearly any way, didn't matter. While this mass migration to this brand was going on, this particular manufacturer failed to recognize that the industry, as well as society, was changing and in the end; when they did begin to see this change, it was too late. That motorcycle brand is still around but has barely a fraction of the sales it once had.
Yuneec may not be in the game-of-drones in the future - I hope they are. Right now DJI dominates the drone market for much the same reason as above. However, for anyone who can take off the rose-colored glasses and peer through the fog of hype surrounding DJI they would see and hear a LOT of dissatisfaction with the DJI community. Many who own DJI but are not brand loyal (I am one) are pining for an alternative, and the list of things they want to see changed/added/fixed - is growing.
I've said it many times - Yuneec made one of the most revolutionary consumer drone designs ever - the Typhoon platform. As
@ArtCox noted - they were so far ahead of the competition that it is a shame that it's full potential was never realized. And the 'Wand' was just one aspect of many, the new controller for their pro line is finally taking the form of an ST-16.
So to answer the question; why can't the drone community see?
It's easier to follow than to lead, and those at the back of the herd can't see where they're going and those at the front can't see where they've been.
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