Autel is Chinese, and what your describing is exactly what happed to DJI with GoPro. GoPro had the Sony sensor and Ambarella A9 SOC tied up for years and no one could buy them, not DJI or anyone else making action cameras, it took years before DJI and others were able to get their hands on these and only could when they were of sufficient size.
This is not due to DJI being Chinese it’s what happens when the largest companies tie up all stock, Apple do the same with large amount of the phone industry too, even Samsung have seen issues with Apple purchasing components years in advance, even tying up all flights for freight.
This is not specific to a company being Chinese it’s just what happens, Autel plaid the hype game and lost, announcing a product months early it’s just crazy, 3DR and others all have done the same to major bad ending.
The only way to play with the big boys is to Announce and take pre orders on the day with delivery with in 45 days latest, that’s how they would have got some good sales but announcing vapourware with the headline of 1” that was never going to happen will get them nowhere.
The Mavic 2 was not ever around the corner and the rumours were just the twitter guy as usual.
Chinese, US or British All will do what it takes to bury the competition, it’s capitalism.
