DJI makes the best and cheapest consumer drones in the world and it ain't really close.
You have to assume that everything recorded by a DJI drone goes directly back to China at some point.
Yes, that maybe true, but they give you the option of opting out of your drone sending back data to DJI when you set it up. I checked that box.
Do they still send the data back? Who knows for sure, but if they want to use the data from my drone they’re not going to get much value.