maybe im just not in the right forums but ive been seeing almost zero discussion about EASA tightening up the U-space regulations, specifically for the open category operators. been following this for a few months because i travel a fair bit and fly in different EU countries and it's getting genuinely complicated to keep track of what's allowed where.

france and the netherlands seem to be moving faster than everyone else on implementation and from what i can tell some of the geofencing updates that manufacturers are pushing are going to start reflecting this - so your drone might start refusing to fly in areas it used to be fine in even if local rules havent technically changed yet.

not complaining necessarily, i get why it's happening, but it would be nice if there was one central place to track all this instead of checking five different national authority websites. does anyone use anything for this, like an app or service that aggregates this stuff across borders

Airmap and Aloft both do some of this but they're not perfect for EU coverage in my experience. i've had better luck with the local apps - Belgium has one, Germany has Droniq - but yeah crossing borders is a pain. i just accept that i need to do a separate check for each country before i travel and build it into my preflight planning. tedious but it's saved me from a few situations that could've been awkward

honestly the geofencing thing is what gets me. had my Air 3 flag a location in Portugal last spring that I had flown in literally the year before with zero issues. no explanation, just a restriction notice and a grayed out takeoff button. ended up calling the local aeroclub and they said nothign had changed on their end so i suspect it was exactly what you're describing, some preemptive update from DJI. frustrating when you've scouted a location and then the aircraft just decides no