Everything else that the other people listed (cost model, pricing, etc.) PLUS, if it is a box, you can follow the cables or look where the TV/router is, find th

Everything else that the other people listed (cost model, pricing, etc.) PLUS, if it is a box, you can follow the cables or look where the TV/router is, find the box, take it with you, and the evidence is gone. Like this, even if the perpetrator takes the camera/bell with him/her, the evidence stays on the cloud. Also, for evidence to be admissible in a court of law, one has to prove the chain of custody. Something in your laptop is more prone to editing than a video sitting on a cloud where logs vouch for its integrity. Edit: don't let me invoke the gods of security frameworks. My laptop at home is not ISO27001 compliant, has never been assessed for security etc. The infrastructure of Ring (I believe) is regularly assessed/audited.