Re: There's a reason for the statement
Too true. Militaries worldwide are realizing that Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS - it's so common we made an acronym for it) products are cost effective.
All of them buy commercial drones. The US used to buy DJI until they banned it over security concerns. Now they have a list of approved non-Chinese commercial drones. If you asked any of those companies I'm sure they'd also say they're not intended for military use.
Drones are ubiquitous for observing the battlefield and small, easily portable, cheap, non-milspec drones are the way to go.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
