# DJI Osmo Action

5 Hacker News commenters recommended DJI Osmo Action and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend DJI action cameras as better than GoPro on battery life, stability and price. The most common caveat is a required phone app activation that exposes personal data.

## Why people recommend it

- Beats GoPro on battery, stability, price (3 comments): "the battery life and general stability and menus are better than GoPro IMO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958845)) "they are also crushing go pro with DJI Osmo lineup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958958)) "I bought the DJI action cam (cheaper, better)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48968395))

## What people warn about

- Requires phone app activation and sign-up (2 comments): "requires activation (through a cell phone app, exposing personally identifiable information) for all their products" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366139)) "it simply bricks itself after the 5th use until you sign up and agree to the terms" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604640))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GoPro action camera](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gopro.md): 20 recommend
- [Insta360 action camera](https://hackerapproved.com/p/insta360-camera.md): 15 recommend
- [GoPro Hero](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gopro-hero-8.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=DJI+Osmo+Action+action+camera&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.dji.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DJI Osmo Action", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dji-action-camera/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).