cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoNew U.S. DJI drone alternative just hit the market, it’s only 6X the cost of equivalent DJI dronedronedj.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareb1t@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·14 days agoEconomies of scale is most definitely at play here as well. TL;DR - They’re making a lot less of them (compared to DJI) so they have to charge more per unit.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoThat does NOT justify 6x more.
minus-squareb1t@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoI’m pointing it out as a compounding factor to the post I replied to (a limited target market). Not as the sole reason.
Economies of scale is most definitely at play here as well.
TL;DR - They’re making a lot less of them (compared to DJI) so they have to charge more per unit.
That does NOT justify 6x more.
I’m pointing it out as a compounding factor to the post I replied to (a limited target market). Not as the sole reason.