Irrational? Really? So, you would find nothing wrong if every time you went to drive your car that you would need to use a phone app to contact the vehicle manufacturer to receive an unlock code to start it? That would be "rational" to you?
That analogy is far fetched, as a DJI user and I do not know how many will agree that the No Fly Zone was implemented due the request of the FAA that prompted DJI to act upon. DJI has influenced the market in a way that it carved its name and synonymous with the top brands, and with every growth you will have the loyals and the crabs that pulls it down. If we look at the map in our surrounding area of operation the NFZ zone is quite precise in determining where we are operating, and the app reminds me or "Nannyware" as the cool kids call it that I should be careful.
The majority of my work sites are located in close proximity of an airport (Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport) and my new contract, with Alston Construction is near a county jail (Elmwood Correctional Complex in Milpitas, California ) and my GO 4 app reminds me of that I am operating in the NFZ and prompts me to acknowledge and accept full responsibility, the next step is to enter my phone number and in return, get a verification code via text. I do not think this is a problem, because if we will out of LAAC or a physical waiver, we give provide all of our information.
Since the subject is "Safety" from the FAA police, but often enough becomes an experts in one or two or even 10 subjects, however there may be many more things they are not so sure about, so they may say something, that they believe, is true at that time, but later discover that they were very far from reality. So they try to backtrack by correcting their wrong words by doing the right virtual action. But it is too late because the actions and words don’t match.
I do not think that DJI is hurting, and yes I had a falling out, with them in the past (a member on here and in the Yuneec forum is quick to remind me that) and broke bread with DJI and I even posted a photo back in December. And if this topic will go to the wayside to becoming a brand war. I have supported Yuneec for almost close to a year, and I cannot lie, I made money with it, when the docs were on their early stages of construction, and if again this topic will go to the wayside. Cheerleaders should not feel that one is superior to the other because, at the end of the day, we all grind to make a living and fee our family, regardless of what tools we use.