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I've only recently purchased a Nest doorbell... but the comments here and some quick searching suggest I'd be far better off purchasing the remainder of my came

by buro9 7y ago

I've only recently purchased a Nest doorbell... but the comments here and some quick searching suggest I'd be far better off purchasing the remainder of my cameras from somewhere that is in the business of selling hardware like Ubiquiti, and then either using local storage (with sync to personal cloud) or something like this Camect thing. At the very least, it looks like the lack of exposed onvif / rtsp on Nest cameras is an issue that will mean I can't avoid the high subscription price and bandwidth use (and it's the bandwidth that bugs me, I'd rather store HQ to disk locally whilst transcode to a lower def for the cloud, and then have it be my cloud accounts).

geertj 7y ago
Have a look at Ring also. I’ve been a happy user of their doorbell, cameras and security system. The app is updated regularly and they come out with new products all the time. Disclaimer: I work for Amazon, in a job unrelated to Ring
- morganvachon 7y ago
  This[1] is why I will never have a Ring doorbell camera. The slippery slope is becoming a vertical drop; Amazon (with the best of intentions, surely) is conditioning people to allow warrantless wiretaps and searches as if they are the new normal. [1] https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/ring-coaching-police-footage/ https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/ring-coaching-police-foo...
- buro9 7y ago
  A product owned by Amazon would be the bottom of my list. I have concerns with how Amazon love to collect data, mine data, use it to find new profit areas. Applying this logic to Ring produces not-nice outcomes.
obituary_latte 7y ago
As a nest cam owner, I would recommend taking a look at Wyze cams. They’re around $30usd on amazon and use SD cards for storage and playback. They have alerting/zones, night vision and voice capabilities. The ux for playback isn’t as polished as nest, but no subscription fees or third-party storage plus affordability make it compelling IMO. I just cancelled the ~$11/mo, 10-day playback subscription for all but one of my nest cams.

by buro9 7y ago

geertj 7y ago

Have a look at Ring also. I’ve been a happy user of their doorbell, cameras and security system. The app is updated regularly and they come out with new products all the time. Disclaimer: I work for Amazon, in a job unrelated to Ring

morganvachon 7y ago
This[1] is why I will never have a Ring doorbell camera. The slippery slope is becoming a vertical drop; Amazon (with the best of intentions, surely) is conditioning people to allow warrantless wiretaps and searches as if they are the new normal. [1] https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/ring-coaching-police-footage/ https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/ring-coaching-police-foo...
buro9 7y ago
A product owned by Amazon would be the bottom of my list. I have concerns with how Amazon love to collect data, mine data, use it to find new profit areas. Applying this logic to Ring produces not-nice outcomes.

obituary_latte 7y ago

As a nest cam owner, I would recommend taking a look at Wyze cams. They’re around $30usd on amazon and use SD cards for storage and playback. They have alerting/zones, night vision and voice capabilities. The ux for playback isn’t as polished as nest, but no subscription fees or third-party storage plus affordability make it compelling IMO. I just cancelled the ~$11/mo, 10-day playback subscription for all but one of my nest cams.