You've just spent $400 on a baby monitor. Now you need a subscription
&gt; <i>$400, it would appear, is not enough to buy the device and run the services behind the scenes until Junior is old enough to pull it off the wall and give the thing a good chewing.</i><p>I have no idea what the BOM is on this product but that seems entirely possible? I haven&#x27;t checked the options but I am sure there are cheaper options that offer fewer features.<p>I&#x27;m really tired of &quot;oh so you&#x27;re telling me it costs money to do something&quot; articles. It really might! It&#x27;s also possible the company is lazily trying to get some recurring revenue on its balance sheet. Without actually being inside their process you really can&#x27;t know.