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> I was ready to return the device as broken until I realized this.

Actually you probably should return such devices as broken.

I did just that with a DJI Mavic.

It was kind of hard to send back a really nice device that I had just opened up and was ready to fly.

Thing is, some companies just use it as a way to fire their customers.

I tend to cut DJI a break, because customer (non-)compliance with no-fly zones is a class-1 existential threat to their business selling consumer drones. Pinging DJI servers to check for altitude restrictions at every power-up cycle is intrusive, but I honestly don't see that they have much choice.

However, they are also playing these sorts of games with other types of devices, where no such justifications exist ( https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eevblab/eevblab-83-dji-pocket-... ) That needs to be answered by returning the product as defective.

I’m inclined to agree, frankly.

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