Comment by m463

I bought a DJI mavic when it first came out - and it would not allow me to fly it - even with the small 2-stick controller - without installing the app, which required an account.

I sent it back.

Later, I found out HOW MUCH data was sent back to DJI. It was basically everything. It was sent to a variety of sites, with stuff like flight profiles, images, all kinds of stuff.

I think open source drones are the answer.