They're like the canary in the coal mine, a wakeup signal for the Silicon Valley that thinks they're still on top because design and innovation happens here, and China is only for lower-on-the-supply chain stuff. If companies like DJI replicate, and China gets a few dozen Samsungs and Sonys, which become global brands and symbols of high quality instead of regional brands, one of the shining sectors of the US will have been caught with its pants down by misjudging their competition yet again.
That said, they are one of the few phone companies left that allow consumers to unlock the bootloader, along with offering some stock android models with zero bloatware and monthly security updates.
Samsungs are worthless now if you can't install Lineage on them.
When we say the word “system”, it means a lot of foundation of system design and practices.
China companies lag in system design, this situation is very clear now; Still the root cause of this lag is related to the outdated government system.
Huh? I don't understand your point, as they DO sell to consumers, and are the best known drone brand as it is.
It's not a big enough industry to support their valuation. Many companies have developed clever equipment for the film industry over the decades[1] and none has been valued at $15bn for it[2]. As an example: Panavision sold for $622M last year.
They really need to (edit: continue to) be selling to consumers. That said, I agree completely about their quality and success.
[1] - Check out some cool stuff here: https://camerarevolution.com/
[2] - Kodak might have been, once upon a time, but I can't find a breakdown of their motion picture revenue so it's hard to say.