I’m mostly talking about camera drones rather than FPV ones.
Every time I take mine out of the bag, people gather around with the same questions: how high does it go, how far does it go, was it expensive, have you ever crashed, etc. - as if they’ve never seen a drone before.
It seems like every single YouTuber and amateur photographer has one these days. They’re easy to fly and relatively cheap too. You’d think they’d be everywhere, but I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve actually seen someone flying one. Granted, I don’t leave the house much and when I do I usually head into the woods, so that probably plays a role. Still, I’m curious if this is just me or if other people have had the same experience.
Because they are expensive, stupid, and annoying and most people think they are obnoxious. I’d be embarassed to every fly a drone in public with how noisy and invasive they are, I’d feel like a total asshole.
Definitely nuisance when flying over national parks, which is illegal. It disturbs the nature and wildlife. I always call that shit out when I see it.
I hear you. I’m the same way when someone brings up a hobby they enjoy, but I think the hobby is dumb. I would feel like a right asshole for going off on a rant about how stupid that hobby is.
Lots of people enjoy ‘hobbies’ that are noisy, obnoxious and dangerous. And straight up illegal
Like illegal street racing. I’m sure all the illegal street racers think people are assholes for calling the cops on them, and that when they crash into someone’s house or block traffic that the other people are the assholes…
A few towns around me have dedicated drone zones, as in here is a specific place you can go fly your dangerous and loud drone. Thankfully once they happened, most people started doing that. And they are no long flying them around in general public areas with people and cars and freaking people out. Similar to how people with RC planes… don’t fly them in busy areas or in cities… but drone operators tend to be more reckless, or were, until my state/city started banning drone flights in most public areas.
You can fly a drone with a special permit for a special event, but you have to get all of that approved beforehand. Just like if you want to go race your car… you go to a race track.
Or another issue I regular encounter… stupid people taking motos and ATVs on non-motorized trails, acting like they are ‘victims’ when the park rangers or cops are called to kick them out. Or acting like someone walking their dog on that same trail is an asshole for ‘getting in their way’ even though they are the one being a twat.