They have discontinued their consumer products sadly: https://www.skydio.com/blog/skydio-to-sunset-consumer-drone-...

Yup. They could not get competitive so they had some politicos pimping for them and can now feed on taxpayer's money.

The empire is collapsing so might as well rip the last remaining scraps of wealth off the walls before it goes all belly up. I would do the same if I were in their position.

The US isn't an empire and it is not collapsing... Don't believe everything you hear on social media.