filister@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoAldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadarwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down113
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-linkAldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadarwww.techradar.comfilister@lemmy.world to homeassistant@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoOn the ‘bright’ side: I imagine this thing from Aldi’s is probably a lot easier to hack into and figure out how to jail break, than something from Amazon. It also has a port for an sd card… the actual product listing does not mention being paired with some kind of app or software, so… ??? Also it is just a 480p camera, so, its basically a 20 year old webcam.
On the ‘bright’ side:
I imagine this thing from Aldi’s is probably a lot easier to hack into and figure out how to jail break, than something from Amazon.
It also has a port for an sd card… the actual product listing does not mention being paired with some kind of app or software, so… ???
Also it is just a 480p camera, so, its basically a 20 year old webcam.