I’m literally not. This community always acts surprised when the world uses these devices like they are idiots for using them. “Just setup this open source thing instead” is always thrown around as if it’s something you just plug in and use. My comment is explaining why the world doesn’t use them. And your comment is a perfect example because you use so many words and acronyms most people wouldn’t understand nor care to understand. Stop acting like it’s so easy to do and everyone around us are idiots for using devices like Ring.

You are the perfect example of someone who is knowledgeable and gets offended when everyone else doesn’t know. I see it so so much in the community. Being a newbie is rough because the knowledgeable are often assholes and act like we are stupid for asking questions. I also see a lot of bad documentation that expects you to be a veteran programmer to understand. Even if these people wanted to dig in, you guys don’t often make it easy for them.

Jesus, get offended a little? I’m just stating that setting up all the things you said is not feasible for the general population and that is why Ring is so popular. Vast majority of people will trade privacy and cost for convenience all day long. I’m not making up a single thing. I don’t know one person in real life that would know any of the shit you said, let alone set it all up by themselves to save a few bucks. That’s why they pay more for Ring. It’s easy and just works.

You just lost 95% of people with those words. Ring and other cameras are popular because they are simple for the general population to setup and use, not because they are the cheapest. This place is such a bubble of people who think the entire world thinks just like them.

I’m confused. Where does it say they are trying to link social accounts? It specifically says you can no longer use social accounts and only an email/password.