In a vote along party lines, the National Defense Authorization Act, a must-pass bill that funds the Department of Defense...
  • itappearsthat@hexbear.netEnglish
    50·
    6 months ago

    why the fuck do I live here. honestly this is a stupid petty thing to consider as a tipping point but this country is heading in a very stupid direction. At least I could be like “well obviously this place sucks but China is doing cool stuff” but now they’re trying to cleave the world in two and trap me on the boring fascist side of it.

    • git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      44·
      6 months ago

      One of these sections, H.R. 2864, or the Countering CCP Drones Act, was added to the bill and can be found under Section 1722. For those who are just hearing about this for the first time, it would remove DJI’s ability to get approval from the FCC, banning any future drones from being imported and possibly grounding current drones.

      Yes.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Would be hilarious if that led to a domino effect of people becoming politically active and overthrowing capital because they no longer have access to their circuses.

  • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    33·
    6 months ago

    Lol I’m pretty sure the US police and military are filled with DJI drones cause it’s the best consumer grade you can buy

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      15·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, this is gonna impact so many industries. If I thought lawmakers were smart, i would suspect there’s another drone company in the wings waiting to swoop in for the profits, but they’ve convinced me otherwise.

  • O__O [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    America is where free markets rule and products succeed or fail by being better or worse than their competitors. Unless you’re a foreign company or you don’t bribe enough politicians. Then you will literally have laws passed that ban you from selling your product or even from owning it.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    19·
    6 months ago

    lol this definitely will impact the economy. in agriculture, DJI/XAG (both chinese) drones are increasingly used in spraying operations because they’re cheaper and more efficient than sprayers, there are many businesses that make a living providing this drone spraying service and there is no competition to DJI/XAG, banning it will hurt these businesses and producers since they’ll have to go back to less efficient sprayers. It’s not huge but these add up.

    • IzyaKatzmann [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      Interesting, i figured the existing plane things or whatever for spraying could not be out-competed by drones. It’s fascinating how far drone tech has come