DJI banned in US

[Andrew - EOSHD]

Black market import shenanigans anyone?

https://petapixel.com/2025/12/23/us-government-bans-new-dji-and-other-foreign-made-drones/

[BTM_Pix]

51 minutes ago, Andrew - EOSHD said:

 

Black market import shenanigans anyone?

 

OK, we open a  DJI drone shop in one of the Canadian border towns and Americans come across, buy one but only take the controller back with them.

As soon as they are over the border they message us and we switch their drone on, put it on the roof of the shop and then they fly the fucker over the border themselves.

 

[sanveer]

Epstein hated DJI. Just saying ... 😉

 

 

[Andrew - EOSHD]

16 hours ago, BTM_Pix said:

OK, we open a  DJI drone shop in one of the Canadian border towns and Americans come across, buy one but only take the controller back with them.

As soon as they are over the border they message us and we switch their drone on, put it on the roof of the shop and then they fly the fucker over the border themselves.

 

Much more doable than same ploy at the Mexican border.

[MrSMW]

Battleships are the future, not drones or any of this new fangled nonsense!

And stuff made out of wood.

[newfoundmass]

On 12/25/2025 at 10:28 AM, BTM_Pix said:

OK, we open a  DJI drone shop in one of the Canadian border towns and Americans come across, buy one but only take the controller back with them.

As soon as they are over the border they message us and we switch their drone on, put it on the roof of the shop and then they fly the fucker over the border themselves.

 

I live very close to the border... just sayin'.

[fuzzynormal]

On 12/25/2025 at 7:28 AM, BTM_Pix said:

fly the fucker over the border themselves.

Time to open a new business in Port Huron.

[Anaconda_]

Is this why they alegedly rebranded the Osmo Pocket 3

 

[Emanuel]

Very true. And here's another one:

At same time, I am buying all of them... Pocket 3, Osmo 360, Nano and Action 6 ; ) An all-star lineup ;- )

[kye]

These knock-off cameras seem a bit extra to me.

[Ilkka Nissila]

Notice that the ban is not on DJI but on future non-approved models of non-US made drones. You can still get stabilizers, action cameras, microphones from DJI (and existing drones).

[eatstoomuchjam]

This is incorrect.  They were added to the FCC's "covered" list which means that they won't be able to get certification on any new devices that have wireless transmission moving forward.  It's not just future drones.

And while it's true that DJI can still legally sell existing devices that already have FCC approval, if you try to buy something, you will quickly find that DJI are barely trickling stock of any of it into the US now (apparently customs also scrutinize/delay their stuff a lot more).  In some of the Ronin 4D groups, people are practically begging for parts.  Just the other day, I saw somebody offering to pay full MSRP for used ProSSD's since they couldn't find stock anywhere.

[Ilkka Nissila]

1 hour ago, eatstoomuchjam said:

This is incorrect.  They were added to the FCC's "covered" list which means that they won't be able to get certification on any new devices that have wireless transmission moving forward.  It's not just future drones.

And while it's true that DJI can still legally sell existing devices that already have FCC approval, if you try to buy something, you will quickly find that DJI are barely trickling stock of any of it into the US now (apparently customs also scrutinize/delay their stuff a lot more).  In some of the Ronin 4D groups, people are practically begging for parts.  Just the other day, I saw somebody offering to pay full MSRP for used ProSSD's since they couldn't find stock anywhere.

Okay, so there are two separate issues: foreign made drones, and DJI products with wireless capabilities. But that doesn't make much sense; how would a DJI gimbal affect US national security? 

 

It would seem that they approached the banning on two avenues: DJI products speicifically, and foreign-made drones. Maybe they can realize a double ban is not needed and DJI camera and stabilizer products that are not drones could be allowed. Though it is possible they just want to support US businesses while pretending it is about national security. Since RED is now owned by Nikon, are there any competing products that are owned by Americans and produced in the US?

 

What is likely to happen is that movie and TV products that would benefit from a Ronin 4D will simply be done in other countries with no such limitations, and Hollywood gets smaller. Is that what the US government wants?

[BTM_Pix]

It would take more than a Ronin to stabilise that government at the moment.

[Ilkka Nissila]

2 minutes ago, BTM_Pix said:

It would take more than a Ronin to stabilise that government at the moment.

Voters need to see more damage before they will admit fault in their own thinking and having been conned big time.

[eatstoomuchjam]

On 1/3/2026 at 9:45 AM, Ilkka Nissila said:

Okay, so there are two separate issues: foreign made drones, and DJI products with wireless capabilities. But that doesn't make much sense; how would a DJI gimbal affect US national security? 

I think you're assigning more capability for logic to my government than they deserve.

[MrSMW]

The battleships of The Golden Fleet will take down the evil DJI regime from wherever they come from. Greenland or somewhere.