A somewhat generic answer, since its been a while since i had to troubleshoot/check the battery usage.
Check what sleep states the Laptop is going in. Check if you can set 'deeper' sleep states like suspending the ram to the disk so RAM is no longer powered etc. BIOS settings play a role here as well.
It is always surprising to me that LEA can be competent and can work together internationally to take down really really bad crime like copyright infringement when big money is involved.
/s (not really)
To my knowledge:
B2 is data storage, Backblaze Personal is a service. 2 Completely different things.
You can share albums with other users, or even with a public link.
That is not what i have asked.
I doubt that this applies to files smaller than the pack size or a for example bitwise unique 17MB file would result in a (overly simplified) 16 MB and a 1 MB chunk or am i wrong here?
I use B2 for my restic Backup. Currently i have about 100GB stored there and it says i have about 100,000 files stored.
With the adjusted calculation of the blog you posted for 10TB of 50KB files, adjusted to the mean file size of my restic repository 10 TB of 1MB files:
Transaction fees: 10,000,000 / 10,000 x $0.004 = $4
My Laptop has a mean file size of about 16 MB per file on the local restic repository.
EDIT: Forgot a resume, i do not think you need to worry about it too much. But maybe verify the amount and type of data you want to backup and use calculators to calculate the real cost, also you can always test it by creating a test dataset and then do a backup and recovery scenario and then use this to derive an estimate.
I think you heavily are misinterpreting the " The Distro does not matter" argument.
Usually ppl want a distro that "does x" and the answer will be "the distro does not matter, use the one that suits you the mkst".
The argument "The disteo does not matter" does not come from the user preferences site of things but feom the technical " i want to video edit, "i want to game" etc.
So you say my personal preference and taste does not matter?
The point is, the amount of time and effort it takes to tune any distro to your personal preference.
There are distros that fit your needs out of the box and there are distros that need hours of setting up and tuning to fit them.
No but PoE and AP helps.
The point is, the anecdotal evidence that you mentioned has nothing to say about other points you are making.
Just because product X runs better in a use case with software Y, does not mean product X is bad.
I do not want to come across like a ubiquity fan boy, since i only use it very targeted privately but the stuff is good, it's supported and a plug and play solution without the cloud. Exactly what fits the bill for what it's asked for here.
It is run in operation by thousands of businesses. Does it have problems, sure, like every other brand.
Have run openWRT myself on one of the latest lite APs, was good. Have not noticed a significant difference in the usage between both.
First, I personally have not used it (but a security cam). But i have done some research.
Reolink Integration has Platinum Status on Home Assistant.
If you can set up Frigate then there seems to be 2 Way Voice Communication possible via the Home Assistant App.
There are a couple of Videos that show the process.
Reolink has at least one PoE Doorbell.