DJI drones

Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 6 threads.

People raised many different problems with DJI drones, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 6 complaints

Must create an account to change four settings on a locally working mic2026-01-06
Splash screen shows a stretched image, looking unpolished2021-11-05
Drone must be connected to a desktop firmware installer before it will even boot2021-09-12
Home-made drone was a hassle to set up and very hard to fly2021-03-03
Return-to-home on signal loss flies into obstacles; default setting is hard to anticipate2020-09-11
Airspace authorization needs many steps across app and browser, copying blocked serials, and expires every 72 hours2018-01-08