Lol, practically guaranteed that this is modeled after funding it entirely on surveillance stalkerware. Article does not make any mention of who is hosting, software openness, transparency, or ownership. Sorry OP for the negative comment, and thanks for making the effort to post. For the sake of the public, this article is nothing more than an ad, with no relevant informative value required for skeptical citizenship in any democracy. It is crap journalism, like whoring for capitalism.
I agree with you, very little information was provided but I presume this is just Tuya or some similar OEM brand and maybe you can install a local control and cut the cloud part of the equation.
At the moment it is pure speculation on my part, but I am sure there are plenty of smart folks out there who would love to tinker with it and maybe find a way to install some custom firmware to cut the stalkware.
The hosting and external domain are the challenging bit and what needs funding. It has been awhile since I looked into any of this, but there wasn’t an easy way to make such a thing last time I checked.
I think most of these are offloading the video feed to do the ai segmentation and analysis features that make these useful onto a hosting service. I do not expect low pricing as a feature advertised by anyone making such a comprehensive, ethical, democratically safe device. Billionaire exploitation privateer pirates have no qualms about financing hardware at break even prices for monetizing the pillaging of democracy due to the failure of citizens to remain skeptical and well informed.
If they do the object recognition on the cloud there is no way they offer those doorbells without any monthly subscription. My guess is that it is either doing something on the device or is just a dumb camera with an RTSP feed without any AI features.
My guess is the latter, considering the price. And still 20 bucks for this doorbell without a monthly subscription is a good deal. If they build something natively supporting Home Assistant that would be a killer device.
But as a friend used to say, if something is free, you are the product.
I would be incredibly interested in this if it could work with Home Assistant and didn’t require any kind of proprietary software to run.
All their smart lights are tuya, or at least the ones that I have. The esp are swappable but are soldered to the boards and their a pain to open but can be done.
I purchased some of their downlughts to add another project to the pile and to feed my curiosity.
It would be interesting if it is also compatible with Home Assistant. That could be a really good entry level video doorbell
Oh man if we get rtsp support that would be the best. I could finally swap out my inlaws wyze doorbell. Wyze are working with ICE btw.
I still have a few wyze cams so this was a very troubling claim, I couldn’t verify it, could you please provide some citation?
The only troubling thing I found is that the emergency response company they outsource police dispatch to (noonlight), but they claim they don’t share any videos with them and only use their dispatch API for the home security system sensors, they explicitly say:
“Videos and/or the live streams from your Security Cameras are not shared with any Wyze employees or third parties (including Noonlight and the monitoring center).”
And in the same FAQs:
“Wyze does not share monitoring data with law enforcement or any third parties.”
https://www.wyze.com/pages/hms-faq#%3A~%3Atext=Wyze+does+not+share+monitoring%2Cfrom+the+Monitoring+Events+page. So are they liars? Please share what you know!
Wyze has its own issues but working with the US I.C.E. doesn’t seem accurate. Where did you read that?
I want HomeKit compatibility. OR something hackable that requires no cloud connection. These companies are not our friends and have betrayed our trust at every step.
This is just e-waste. Please don’t buy this. The resolution is 480p. Spend a few dollars more and get something you will actually KEEP.
480p?!? So like the original Apple QuickTake from 1994? I mean where did they even find that component to use?
they took a 4k sensor and cut it into 10 pieces
Any similar recommendations that can be purchased in the US? I’d love to ditch my ring, and wire it up to my HA, but need the two way calling…
The best subscription free option in the US is Eufy. Home Assistant integration is through HACS and is hacky, but it works and doorbell video is stored locally.
Just in time to dump ring after the flock data sharing.
No such thing as a free lunch.
I understand the sentiment but it’s 17 quid. And it’s 480p. And the storage is - from what I understand - not included because it uses an SD card. They’re making money on the hardware.
Like the good old days when companies made their money by selling stuff.
A bit off-topic but it’s always funny to hear about Aldi in other countries because in France they are mostly unkept dollar-stores where they sell all the leftovers that Temu customers did not want. Lidl is a luxurious supermarket in comparison and I always wonder why.
In California Aldi stores are clean and orderly. Product selection is limited but they offer healthy staples at great prices. Non-food items are hit or miss but interesting to check out.
Price is in GBP, so this is talking about the UK. Is there any indication that US Aldis will get it?