The Lily Drone company has folded, admitted defeat, and will not deliver after 3 years, $30M in pre-sales plus $15M in VC funding.
What a spectacular FAIL!
https://www.lily.camera/adventure-comes-end/
IMPORTANT:
This video clearly falls under the category of “Nominative use” a.k.a “Trademark Fair Use” under the (1992) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
There is no other way to report the news without using the company name. And there was no suggestion of endorsement
or sponsorship.
UPDATE: Lawsuit from the District Attorney:
San Francisco District Attorney files lawsuit against drone maker Lily for false advertising
And refunds might not happen, they owe the bank:
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There is no phone number for lily camera, those assholes don’t even reply emails. when you email them all you get a is just an automated worthless reply. Where the fuck those assholes have gone with OUR money? I still haven’t received my refund despite being it over TWO YEARS. I have been burned so badly and this has taught me a lesson on NEVER TRUSTING ANYONE LIKE THIS BEFORE WITH MY HARD EARNED MONEY.
is there an open file complaint where we can all sign or have follow up? I understand the risk I was taking, but also think they should have stopped their process/scam/fraude earlier and at least have given us a drone, even if it could not follow. Anyways, what happened has passed, but I still would like to join any movement that has been set up against them. Thanks!
“Aaaaaaaaaaand it’s gone.”
Take components from another drone, smack it to a new body and poof! You got a new drone to present with accompanying high tech ad video to entice unsuspecting investors.
dji spark is the new name of lily
tanta mierda. no tiene pruebas siquiera ha comprado a lily
My initial deep thought was it was real and then legally made a black project, and is now the project is under some military body, being designed to hone in on our mobile hone, I mean phone. Killer plane ✈️ drone have been a thing for decades. Can you imagine a time where there’s three drones for each of us and no one even knows that people we know on social media are dead and been replaced by an Ai system?
Just saying! ????????????????????????????
sickening video
and now they do it again :/
Lily drone is back, now it has Next-Gen added to its name….
As soon as the Mavic was released, I asked for my money back, they gave it back no issue. I actually made money due to exchange rates. I didn’t buy a Mavic. But its tech was far superior to the Lily yet to be released. The DJI Spark is an absolutely spectacular piece of tiny tech that Lily had no chance in competing against.
🙂
They’re crying all the way to the bank.
Talk..talk…talk….talk…..like a pimp
This will make a good Sci Fi Movie…Lol