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DJI Spark Owners Must Update Firmware By September, Or Their Machines Will Be Bricked (suasnews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the kill-switch dept.

garymortimer shares a report from sUAS News: News has arrived of a mandatory firmware update from DJI. Owners of DJI's latest and smallest quadcopter must update their firmware by September the 1st or their machines will automatically ground themselves. The Firmware update apparently is to stop in flight shutdowns that have been occurring. So no bad thing to fix, a safety issue. Perhaps questionable is DJI's ability to brick other peoples property if required. The "Kill Switch" option is already causing consternation in user groups.

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  1. Now is the time by Snotnose · · Score: 4, Funny

    To ensure your firmware can't be updated without your explicit permission. See also, Win 10.

    1. Re:Now is the time by somenickname · · Score: 4, Funny

      Come on, man. You bought it so, what? You think you own it? That's totally 90s thinking. You just rented it until we decided you can't use it anymore.

      I have that Stallman manifesto around here somewhere...

  2. Re:That's a good point, NEVER BUY FROM DJI by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No need to brag about living in a manor. We just have houses here.