I'm not sure I will ever understand the need or the advantage of linking my doorbell to an Amazon server.
US such a bizarre place.
US such a bizarre place.
Those situations happen, but I they're actually a significant minority. For most, how these things work is completely magic. It's not that they don't care, it's that they have no knowledge of how the tool works. They know that they press a button on their phone and their door unlocks, and so are satisfied that it works as intended. That there is anything more to consider isn't on their radar.
Are you saying there are end-to-end encrypted home surveillance cameras for 1/5 of the price?
Or that there are cheap cameras uploading your videos to some shady server?
Unfortunately they are buried among 50 other completely incompetent competitors which are complete insecure garbage.
It's difficult to find a thing Amazon doesn't know about you.
I'll make you an offer: i'll send you one of my microphones and cameras. Let's just assume that I already know everything about you, so let's don't worry about it. You won't even notice it's there. Would you have problems letting me see and hear your life?
I promise i won't send you spam emails.
You have two choices: maintain your own recording equipment, or upload. The former is a major hassle. Ring smartly found an opportunity to make a simple service people want.
You say the "US is such a bizarre place" but that is simply untrue. Petty theft is a part of many cultures. For example, petty theft in the UK is far more common than the US.
Cameras linked to the database of a grocery store are not. This is Douglas Adams level bizarro world.
Like Amazon Keys (can't remember the exact product name) to receive packages when you're not in, by letting total strangers inside your house with their own key.
Which is such an hysterical solution to a such a simple problem (retrieve undelivered packages at the post office) that makes me wonder if I'm the one taking crazy pills.
Because of my house's location, I have not yet lost a package. But I'd like a camera to see if anyone is checking out my porch when there are no packages just to see if I should worry. Previously, the idea that the police could just grab my video made me personally concerned about privacy. Ring providing logs alleviates that concern for me.
Why leave packages in the open when you're not home? How's that not hysterical?
On the facts though, you again misunderstand. I'm frequently not home to sign for things. I live near the Silicon Valley, yet my post office is a six mile round trip. My UPS delivery office is a 40 mile round trip. Amazon lockers do not accept large packages.
I feel that at this point you are clutching for straws to justify your original position.
It's probably no accident that Amazon doesn't tout Ring devices as being Amazon-owned. I imagine there are others who would be less likely to purchase if they were aware of the connection.
A small unknown company on the other hand, I'm more reticent to hand over my information to.