The multi rotor enthusiasts remind me of automotive enthusiasts. The ones who swear by the "built, not bought" mentality, and how it makes you appreciate the car more and all that.
Its a valid position to have, it truly is. I get it and respect it, but its also a antiquated view on the direction that the industry is headed.
People cry so much about how their old cars have so much feel and are more "skill required" than new cars that make 500hp off the lot. Guess what? Thats life. Get with it. An idiot is an idiot, no matter what he drives (or flies, in this case).
Waxing poetry about how skilled you are because you used your brawn (you follow fucking instructions that are idiot proof and used flight controllers that have been ironed out to death, you're not some wizard). Stop acting like you building something gives you moral superiority.
Lets view it in another way, unit sales:
DJI sells....150,000 drones a year. CC3D sells a combined 15,000 FCs a year. Name sells another 15,000. APM/Pixihawk sell 5,000.
If 5-10% of the population of every segment are asshats, of course it seems like DJI users are more stupid. Theres simply more of them. Can't avoid it. That doesn't mean its suddenly a idiot magnet like all these hipsters claim. Yes, I;m calling them hipsters. They're so upset that their niche hobby has blown up, is getting proper recognition and laws to safely govern it (is that a bad thing?) and is accessible to joe blow who might not have the patience to build one but definitely has the time to simply buy one and start flying.
These guys act like they never screwed up in the beginning or that they are some Iceman top gun fighter pilots of the sky. I guess owning a multi rotor means subscribing to a cock measuring contest that is verified by how much of your multi rotor you actually built instead of simply welcoming whoever is enthusiastic and wants to learn.
Tough titties that DJI is successful. Thats a bad thing? They make money, they make it good. Don't get upset that DJI has the hustle that every other multi rotor shop WISHES they had. You think those guys want to stay small and barely earn their dinner? Hell no, they want the penetration that DJI has.
I didn't really care before, but the moral superiority and bullshit excuses I've seen are too much. Its almost like a high school cult with how high and mighty these guys sound. Thank god I have little desire to be like that. I'm going to build my multi rotors and keep buying turnkey solutions.
A vast majority of people aren't the problem. The marginal percentage is. Stop painting ANY sides majority with the same brush you used on the minority. But I've jus noticed that the DJI guys aren't the ones being morally superior and having a stick up their ass, its the other guys who feel so "threatened". It would be funny if it weren't so sad.