• MightyPez@fedia.io
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    20 hours ago

    Any time someone says an ultra cheap monitoring device is subscription free I just picture an odd man running a curio shop telling me his wares don’t cost money

    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
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      17 hours ago

      The actual hardware cost of these devices is actually minimal. Basically any wifi capable microcontroller, a camera and depending on implementation some storage (or a micro sd-card holder). So that price is only cheap in comparison to existing products.

      For reference, said microcontroller with basic camera can be had for like 3$ or something.