Got a DJI drone as a birthday present and instead of having me install from the Play store they want me to install an apk directly from their website.
Does anybody know why this app isn’t on the play store? Is this legit or just a vector for malware?
From memory there’s a fee in order to publish an app the the play store so I would assume they’re circumventing that by hosting the app on their own website. You could also upload the app to virustotal and see what that says if you are concerned.
There are no fees to publish on the Google Play Store.
There’s a one-time $25 fee for a developer account. Not that DJI can’t afford to pay that.
Edit: actually, they’re sanctioned by the US government, so maybe they’re not allowed to pay that even though they definitely could.