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[–] 4 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

A cleverer angle'd be to find out how to get them to switch to an open-source cctv alternative instead, I feel. πŸ€“

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    A CCTV setup likely won’t work for people who just want a video doorbell.

    But replacing a Ring with something like a Reolink means they can start with the same service, and over time move to RTSP and a local server as they become more aware of privacy implications and are driven to invest in a contained system.

    Likely people will never go CC though, as the entire point for most people is to see what shows up at their door when they’re not at home.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Is Reolink something you can see the live video remotely? I could see a motion detection system at your doorstep that lets you know someone is there but you'd have to be able to login somehow to get a view.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Reolink doorbells allow you to configure them how you want; you can use a cloud-hosted feed, cloud-hosted notification only, self-hosted feed, self-hosted notification only, and write-to-microSD only. They can use WiFi or wired Ethernet.

    I have mine set to do cloud push for notifications, RTSP to my internal home server only; so I log in via VPN if I want to see the video.

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