> Why doesn't that base station have a solid state drive to store all the video/images Everything is cheaper per pound in a data center. And they can force upd

> Why doesn't that base station have a solid state drive to store all the video/images Everything is cheaper per pound in a data center. And they can force updates if the client is dumber. And the customers won't complain when the SSD eventually dies. > and allow the user to view them on their smart phone by connecting to the base station through the wifi? Because people will want to do it across WAN. LAN-only is one piece of code, WAN-only is another. Going up to WAN for everything is redundant but costs less dev time. Yes, it's frustrating for us who care about privacy. The motive is never to build a good product that respects people and does what they want. The motive is always to make money. Every corner must be cut.