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> Which is... exactly what you'd have to do with fully open source system anyway, buy a box to store it or pay someone for storage. Wrong. I'd simply host the
by indymike 4y ago
> Which is... exactly what you'd have to do with fully open source system anyway, buy a box to store it or pay someone for storage.
Wrong. I'd simply host the video on some device I have sitting around. Storing streamed video isn't hard to do and there are many ways to do it that take little effort. Being forced to pay money for something I already have capability to do is the problem. It's wasteful and makes me happy I did not buy Arlo's product.
- ilyt 4y agoRight but the selling point was never "... and you can just use your NAS to store it!". We can complain about their shitty e-waste producing model but also acknowledge it is not product targeted to nerds building their own video monitoring infrastructure, OSS or not.
- indymike 4y ago> Right but the selling point was never "... and you can just use your NAS to store it!". This is actually the problem with these products, there's absolutely no fallback. I wonder how many people buy another Arlo when they get bit by the artificial end of life?