• vrek ( vrek@programming.dev ) 
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    1 year ago

    I think you are wrong. You can buy very cheap drones, I bought one about a decade ago for about 50 dollars. Now the nice ones with GPS and cameras and fpv capabilities yes they are expensive. But that’s the point… Buy the cheap one, if you enjoy flying it next month enough to justify spending that to get a fancy one consider it.

    For today buy the 50 dollar one, the regret will be alot less than the 2000 dollar one…

        • dil ( dil@lemmy.zip ) 
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          1 year ago

          those will turn ppl away from the hobby because they are nothing like actual drones, like racing a prius, its antifun to drive

    • dil ( dil@lemmy.zip ) 
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      1 year ago

      when ppl talk about drones as a hobby its the ones you build and race or do tricks with that will 100% break and need to be replaced, or photography ones which are also expensive, anything cheap is a toy for beginners or ppl just testing waters

      • vrek ( vrek@programming.dev ) 
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        1 year ago

        Exactly… Buy the beginner one, later if you still like it buy the expensive one. If you move to lawn mowers you only spent the cost of the beginner one

        • dil ( dil@lemmy.zip ) 
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          1 year ago

          I disagree, gimmicky toys will turn you away from hobbies you might enjoy, cardboard made me think vr was a trash gimmick, trying a quest made me like it, bought my own, cheaping out made me assume vr was ass so I never bought a rift when I had the hardware to use it

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      1 year ago

      I spent a good amount of time researching reddit recentlly, def not that cheap to get into and the costs dont go away

      • vrek ( vrek@programming.dev ) 
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        1 year ago

        Correct, but the whole point is to buy cheap and only buy the expensive / fancy stuff if you still like it later and find it’s worth the expense.

        • dil ( dil@lemmy.zip ) 
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          1 year ago

          Not with drones, that’s specifically an exception just google and use reddit for 5 seconds “should I buy a cheap drone” I had one they suck, no battery life even with swapping it sucks, they cant fly for shit, they also break easily. The hobby isnt flying shitty toys its building and flying actual fast ones, that can actually fly and arent a cheap gimmick for kids to play with for 5 minutes.