The cameras worked fine, but their maker said they had reached their end of life
To put bluntly, anybody who buys hardware that is inexorably linked to some cloud-crap should be ashamed of themselves and deserve the loss of money as a learning experience.<p>I *only* buy hardware that can be controlled and&#x2F;or managed locally. Sure, it means some &#x27;cool&#x27; gadgets aren&#x27;t available in my world. But it does mean that what I buy will be supported and will just work.<p>If that means you buy PoE cameras and get a video storage solution? Well, so be it. That&#x27;s the cost of doing it yourself, BUT it also means you have your own destiny in your control.<p>Whereas if you buy cloudcrap, *when* the company decides to alter the deal, you&#x27;re at their behest. Dont like that? Too fucking bad.