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Who said people weren’t? Remember, projecting your behavior and “morals” onto groups you don’t know speaks more about you than them. When it comes to infants it can be great peace of mind. Breaking the instinct for many to constantly enter and disturb their rest, to make sure they’re still breathing etc.
I agree they shouldn’t be broadcast to the Internet or 3rd parties. Or placed in sensitive areas, or substitute parental interaction. But they have value. There just needs to be better methods for access not designed to be controlled by 3rd parties. For any new smart devices I get, matter or zwave/ZigBee are mandatory.
That speaks more to a lack of better options. Than anyone’s desire to actually broadcast their children. If someone were making an affordable camera system with a hardware management Hub local that you could log in through tail scale or similar. People would be clamoring for it.
Unfortunately right now with the AI bubble is about the worst possible time to launch such a product or project. Even a formerly cheap of single board computer such a Raspberry Pi. Which used in the cost about $35 on its own now costs closer to 100. Although there are a number of good inexpensive ESP camera modules now.
Streaming kids activity is utterly insane. Walk over and interact with them!
Who said people weren’t? Remember, projecting your behavior and “morals” onto groups you don’t know speaks more about you than them. When it comes to infants it can be great peace of mind. Breaking the instinct for many to constantly enter and disturb their rest, to make sure they’re still breathing etc.
I agree they shouldn’t be broadcast to the Internet or 3rd parties. Or placed in sensitive areas, or substitute parental interaction. But they have value. There just needs to be better methods for access not designed to be controlled by 3rd parties. For any new smart devices I get, matter or zwave/ZigBee are mandatory.
But with minimal exceptions, that’s exactly what they’re doing.
That speaks more to a lack of better options. Than anyone’s desire to actually broadcast their children. If someone were making an affordable camera system with a hardware management Hub local that you could log in through tail scale or similar. People would be clamoring for it.
Unfortunately right now with the AI bubble is about the worst possible time to launch such a product or project. Even a formerly cheap of single board computer such a Raspberry Pi. Which used in the cost about $35 on its own now costs closer to 100. Although there are a number of good inexpensive ESP camera modules now.