Yes, DJI literally shocked me when I bought the Mavic. They completely bust the stereotype that China is bad at design and innovation, e.g. "Designed in California, Assembled in China". Everything from the build quality, to the packaging, documentation, software, even customer support has impressed me.
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.
DJI is going through a rough patch right now via a $150m internal theft scandal. Even if they are catching up on tech pretty quickly, Chinese companies still have a long way to go in catching up with management and business practices.
True, corruption is one of the biggest problems in countries transitioning from developing to developed. Yes, we haven't quite fully cracked that nut either, but I think the issue is one of degree, not kind. There's probably some inflection point, where corruption crosses a 'herd immunity' like threshold, and the entire system gets sick.
MIUI OS seems to be liked by some, personally think it's terrible.
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.
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.