Ring Doorbell Camera Recommendations?

[BoredSysAdmin]

How is Ring IOS? Is that a play oon 'Internet Of Things'? The thing I don't like about some of these things is the fact that they have been bought by sellers that can price them lower than anyone else can ask because if they do, they lose money. Anything owned by Google is in that basket of crap (not commenting on the items, just the practices). I don't want to be in the position of losing sales to a manufacturer or corporate owner.

The ring is IoS for the same reasons - see linked YT on what Amazon could easily do with the smallest misunderstanding and wrong report. I don't mean it's running Apple's phone proprietary OS (Iphone O S), but strongly belongs to the Internet of Poop category (swap poop with another less family-friendly word that starts with the letter S). And specifically regarding Ring privacy concerns: https://www.wired.com/story/ring-police-rfa-tool-shut-down/


Google has a long-established history of killing their products with little notification and even less path forward in most cases. I won't trust my home security system to company like that.

Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

killedbygoogle.com

More specifically: Dropcam, Chromecast, Nest Secure.

 

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The ring is IoS for the same reasons - see linked YT on what Amazon could easily do with the smallest misunderstanding and wrong report. I don't mean it's running Apple's phone proprietary OS (Iphone O S), but strongly belongs to the Internet of Poop category (swap poop with another less family-friendly word that starts with the letter S). And specifically regarding Ring privacy concerns: https://www.wired.com/story/ring-police-rfa-tool-shut-down/


Google has a long-established history of killing their products with little notification and even less path forward in most cases. I won't trust my home security system to company like that.

Killed by Google

Killed by Google is the open source list of dead Google products, services, and devices. It serves as a tribute and memorial of beloved services and products killed by Google.

killedbygoogle.com

More specifically: Dropcam, Chromecast, Nest Secure.

Let's see what Amazon does with EERO- it works really well.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Let's see what Amazon does with EERO- it works really well.

Just to be clear: Amazon owns both Ring and Eero

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/amazon-buys-startup-ring-in-1-billion-deal-to-run-your-home-security-idUSKCN1GB2VT/

Amazon to Acquire eero to Help Customers Better Connect Smart Home Devices

Amazon announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire eero, a company that offers products and services for high-performing, reliable, and simple home WiFi

press.aboutamazon.com

 

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Just to be clear: Amazon owns both Ring and Eero

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/amazon-buys-startup-ring-in-1-billion-deal-to-run-your-home-security-idUSKCN1GB2VT/

Amazon to Acquire eero to Help Customers Better Connect Smart Home Devices

Amazon announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire eero, a company that offers products and services for high-performing, reliable, and simple home WiFi

press.aboutamazon.com

I know- as a dealer, this is exactly what I was referring to when I wrote about having to compete on unfair ground, with the company. The first time I saw prices that I couldn't match was from Panasonic, when I was trying to sell TVs- that's when I started telling customers that they could buy the TV(s) or I could find something, but I needed to make a few bucks but I wouldn't match prices if it meant losing money. Besides, if I don't provide the TVs, I'm not the one getting the call if it has a problem and that, too, has a cost. There's no way I want to eat a service/trip charge.

One of the best things about EERO is that I can check them by using the app- I was near a customer's house one day and decided that it was time to check their network and when I saw that it was down, I drove to their house to see why. I went in after asking the landscaping crew if they had been digging near the edge of the grass close to where the ISP's cable entered the house and, of course, they said they hadn't but I knew the cable had been cut because I called Spectrum while I was on the way. The homeowner didn't even know there was a problem because he was using his cell phone. We went outside and found where the cable was cut and I called Spectrum again, to set up a service call. I can also reboot or update the EERO remotely.

 

[Squishman]

Funny update. I got a Blink two camera system in January. About a month later I found some food in my yard again, which if you remember I thought it was a kid tossing food in my yard for my dogs. Anyway the camera that would have caught that had dead batteries on that very day! Bad settings I think drained it. The other one was fine. But I did not catch the culprit. Plus it caused me to reposition both cameras to really capture my entire front yard. I thought I'd for sure get them next time. If they notice the cameras it would likely stop, either would be fine with me except for the fact that I'd never know who was doing it. The food was a couple of times in a basket I have hanging on my fence near the driveway with snow brooms, etc in it. I though that the kid has bad aim trying to get it to land in my yard Anyway, yesterday I saw a squirrel bring a half-eaten roll up to the the top of an outdoor cabinet and leave it there! I was in the house so he probably though the coast was clear. So now I believe it's been squirrels or possible one squirrel squirreling away food for later! Nice to have the camera system though for sure. And coincidentally, yesterday I found another half-eaten roll underneath some some stuff in backyard garden. This was after I saw the squirrel up on my cabinet.