Closed Cloud Cameras Trashed
When you buy a camera, do you own it?
Not anymore.
In the world of closed cloud cameras, you may think you are buying a camera but all you are getting is the right to pay a technology company more money every month until they decide to trash it.
Case in point, today, Arlo has announced that their original VueZone line will be trashed 3 months from today.
Inside this note, we examined what happened and why buyers need to understand the growing risks of closed cloud cameras.
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