I have Nest right now and Google changed the parameters when they bought it out. It not only got way more expensive, they won’t show your video or picture history at all unless you buy a subscription. Nest would show 24 hours worth.

I want to add another camera, but I’m now willing to eat the cost of a new system and not have to depend on the cloud. We’re not a super techy household though. Is there an easy way like the nest or close to that easy?

Edit: These are outdoor security cameras

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Reolink and Tapo products can both be set up in LAN-only mode. Many Reolink products can even go one step further and be optionally fully wired.

    They can also operate off SD card, and have a free cloud-managed option with subscription upsell. So you can choose to use the configuration that fits your own privacy model.

    I always use devices with SD cards, so that even if there’s a stealth firmware update, I’ve got the video on local media.

    My personal happy place is SD + RTT to my Home Assistant server, which I can access via VPN anywhere.