> required to use the device The Eufy story was blown out of proportion. Alarmist tech clickbait. There was no requirement to use the cloud. People were misled

> required to use the device The Eufy story was blown out of proportion. Alarmist tech clickbait. There was no requirement to use the cloud. People were misled into believing their Eufy cameras were spying on them, or doing bad things, or easily hacked by anyone armed with the "knowledge" found in the arstechnica story and numerous repeater channels. Today in 2023, the Eufy cameras are solid, I like how they work. Zero subscription costs, local storage expansion, optional cloud storage, no cloud dependency, and the cameras keep recording if your home internet goes down. If you want thumbnails included in push notifications, then tick the box in settings where is says underneath: "thumbnails will be temporarily stored in the cloud".