Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
From the listing:
Answer your door from anywhere in the world with this remote viewing Video Doorbell.
So I assume you’re not expected to self-host this. Which means they have to run and maintain servers. And $16/person ain’t covering the cost of this device + servers indefinitely.
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…
Then you wouldn’t be able to “answer your door from anywhere”…
You would if you pay the subscription.
Right, but not if you didn’t. Which would be false advertising.
Where does it say that
“From the listing”
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?
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.
DDNS/P2P with local storage?
vodka@feddit.org 2 days ago
It’s a rebranded Tuya doorbell. So there aren’t any subscriptions, though you will be giving them all your data.