Comment on Aldi just launched its own £16.99 rival to Ring's battery video doorbell – and it's completely subscription-free | TechRadar

Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where does it say that

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “From the listing”

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• vodka@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a rebranded Tuya doorbell. So there aren’t any subscriptions, though you will be giving them all your data.

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which means they have to run and maintain servers.

  I’d bet money that it works just like similar devices from Reolink. Local recording to SD Card or NVR. If you want cloud recording then you’re paying a monthly subscription.

  This device from Aldi is at a very low pricepoint but it’s specs are garbage. 480p recording? In 2025? C’mon…

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Then you wouldn’t be able to “answer your door from anywhere”…

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You would if you pay the subscription.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Right, but not if you didn’t. Which would be false advertising.

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• kek@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  DDNS/P2P with local storage?

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• humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  any chance this can be done through your router/modem, where your phone app connects to external ip of router and is the “server end point” for your doorbell?

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In general yes, but that’s also how you easily end up on shodan and insecam.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean it’s certainly possible, it’s just a matter of whether the doorbell firmware/software will support it. And the answer is almost always no.

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