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first result on Google https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluet...
1. Local storage is not going away. Local playback via SD card is still fully supported. Only the event clips which are stored in the cloud are "going away".
2. You can sign up for Cam Lite for free and end up with MORE functionality than before (person detection, longer clips, etc). You don't even need to provide a payment method, you just have to get past their pop-up guilting you into paying to cover the storage costs.
3. You can't find the playback option for viewing from your SD card? It's the giant colorful button on your app that says "view playback" when watching your live stream... how can you miss it?
I am not affiliated with Wyze in any way but I do own about a dozen of their cams (v1, v2 pan, and v3). They are fantastic for the price and have been more reliable than other more expensive ones I'm bought. They are also one of the few that provide an SD card slot. Their software is regularly updated and the app is solid. They don't use hostile user flows that push you to pay for their cloud services aside from the events being stored in the cloud.
You can also find OSS firmware that you can easy flash onto them that removes all the cloud features and keeps everything local.
if you view the data pipeline, you start with Data Mesh and individual teams create datasets that maintain the data for their team's domain. following that, you then get the data fabric which blends those domain specific datasets together automatically based off of the combination of a defined data model and the declared needs of consumers. a centralized team then owns those tables but not the business logic.
an example of this is Airbnb's data stack. You can read about it here: https://link.medium.com/qzqciW7Milb
all companies have to justify their value - some have less clear justifications and that means more discussion. this isn't the conspiracy you make it out to be.
you can read more here: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/airbnb-metric-computat...
sure, a ton of people hate working from home. some personalities and roles require in-person interaction. most people never considered wfh when choosing their apartment or house and don't have good setups. meanwhile, there are also a ton of people, like me, who have always _hated_ going into the office. being constantly distracted by coworkers, dealing with long commutes, and putting up with uncomfortable and loud offices.
yes, people need social interaction, but that doesn't have to come from coworkers. it is a very SF mindset to build your entire life around your work.. being in the office all day and most of your "friends" are coworkers.
is there something unique about how tiktok is doing it?
if someone comes to you with a competing offer, you should be open to negotiation (provided they have done well in their recent perf reviews)
This whole thing is essentially credit card points. These credit card companies pay you for the purchase data in the form on points. And the detail from those purchases is nothing compared to what FB and others would have.
they have a flourishing advertising business and have extremely valuable and actionable data on all of their users.