I tend to cut DJI a break, because customer (non-)compliance with no-fly zones is a class-1 existential threat to their business selling consumer drones. Pinging DJI servers to check for altitude restrictions at every power-up cycle is intrusive, but I honestly don't see that they have much choice.

However, they are also playing these sorts of games with other types of devices, where no such justifications exist ( https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eevblab/eevblab-83-dji-pocket-... ) That needs to be answered by returning the product as defective.