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> More than half of customers who buy smart-camera doorbells from Ring, another profitable Amazon device that the company bought in 2018, purchase security subs
by nope1000 2y ago
> More than half of customers who buy smart-camera doorbells from Ring, another profitable Amazon device that the company bought in 2018, purchase security subscriptions.
Security... Subscriptions?
- ygjb 2y agoYes, most consumer home security products have a security subscription attached because they require monitoring (and many jurisdictions require monitoring for alarm permits to help reduce false alarms). For Ring, that also means the features listed on their product page (cloud video access and history, etc).
- cut3 2y agoProbably paying for the ability to save video recordings in the cloud, as opposed to paying them monthly to ensure they dont send goons to break into your house.
- thebruce87m 2y agoCloud storage. Downside is that only clips with detections are uploaded (plus a capture every n seconds). Alternative is something like ubiquiti that stores locally, so you get 24/7 recordings but it can be stolen or destroyed.
- taskforcegemini 2y agoit is one alternative, there is plenty others. I'd suggest local storage with onlinebackup of any alerts (timeframes in which an alert occured)