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1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good luck doing that in my place.

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  • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i get it that tech is cool and stuff, but as ive gotten older, ive learned not to rely on it as much

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, but you literally cannot see where the doorbell is at my place. It’s a physical impossibility. I live on the second floor of a two flat with an enclosed entryway. No window anywhere in the building can see the doorbells.

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      • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        i didn’t have a doorbell when i was still with my ex, and the only way i could see someone on the otherside was a spyhole. at my parents, i just look through the window

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because I can check my door when I’m not even home. Because it will record the porch pirate stealing off my porch. It’s for security and evidence, not so much an actual doorbell.

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  • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if i wanted security like that, id get a closed loop camera system, all stored locally.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Same. Which is the only reason I don’t use Ring. But I was interested in it until I went looking for a good option to buy.

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      • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        why not make more money from you?

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