Why do people even have Ring doorbells? Seems like a way just to show off that you have money.
Like 50 quid so you can see whose at your door? Seems a bit of a scam.
Blink doorbells are just as good. You can get a little hub device that are really cheap that you can plug a USB thumbdrive in to record video. Though their £24.99 a year plan does what the Ring stuff does.
They’re operating in a manner similar to drug dealers. However, most will continue to consoom product.
Another one cancelled, going to save me a ton of money all these services hiking their prices a crazy amount. Just getting rid of them all 😄
I save 50£ annually* by just not opening the door to random knocks. If somebody important is coming I always know about it beforehand. Knocks without upfront notice are always bullshit
Buy Eufy and get local storage included on a micro SD that they provide. A grand total of £0 per month.
A subscription for your doorbell is hilarious.
This is why I don’t use or buy anything that has a subscription model. They keep hiking the prices. Just buy a DVR CCTV system or set up a webcam.
We don’t pay a subscription for Ring. Is this for some sort of cloud storage they offer?
Amazon for you.
Do not give money to Amazon. Fuck them.
Maybe a fucking doorbell shouldn’t be a subscription. If I really wanted cameras I would host CCTV myself.
Get control of the market , get everyone relying on them. Then proceed to bend them over and violently shaft them. Standard
I cancelled earlier. Greedy fucks. My annual sub runs out in August
Eufy all the way, had ours 3 years now and is still running fine. Yeah there’s an up front cost, but no subscription was what sold it for me.
Slightlyyyyyy annoyed because I got one before Christmas and now it’s for the bin because no way I’m paying that lol. Mad.
Remind me why people buy this crap? If you really want to hand over all of your data and the data of your loved ones when just don’t use Ad Blocker, you don’t need to buy cloud cameras.
So Amazon have introduced ads to their TV services (unless you pay extra), hiking the price of their (poor) ring cameras and they’ve got rid of free same day delivery for their parcels for prime customers too. I have cancelled my Amazon subscriptions, it just isn’t worth it anymore.
The greed from this company is unbelievable. They made 10billion profit last financial results, there is no need for half of these money grabs.
If your prepared to pay a subscription for a fucking doorbell, you are deservedly ripped off.
50 quid a year is fucking nothing for the video playback. You almost spend that a week for your Chinese
Pretty sure ring was partly funded by police departments in America and Amazon allows them to access the video without having to obtain a warrant.
The most ridiculous shit since they stole water put it in plastics bottles and sold it back to us
Subscription for a doorbell lol 😀
Have you also renewed your subscription for heated seats in your BMW?
I had absolutely no idea they required a subscription. That in itself is an absurd proposition (a subscription for a *doorbell*) even before the price hike.
Most of my cul-de-sac (11 houses) have Ring so I don’t need to bother, if anything serious went down the footage would be available especially as just over the road is the home of a decent Bobby.
Any knocks at the door are expected as well , apart from that one time with the JWs, which didn’t last long once they realised I was an engineer and a zero-fucks given for any religion individual.
Laughs in Aqara G4. Pop an SD card in it and put it on 24/7 recording.
Wtf I had no idea ring was a subscription service damn
These things are on subscription? I had no idea, glad I never bothered with one now.
Wait? What? You need a subscription for a doorbell?
….
Hahahahahahahaha!
Why would anybody pay any subscription at all for a fucking doorbell? They barely work anyway
this is every business model nowadays, get people to pay a monthly fee, make losses for a few years, and then jack up the price to try and break even
I don’t pay anything to Ring, it’s hooked up to my NAS and works perfectly. No idea why people are paying a subscription.
I’m using Aqara G4. Held out until a smart doorbell that supports Apple’s HomeKit secure video was released in the UK. That way all the recordings are either stored locally on an SD card in the chime unit or on my Apple iCloud which i can access via the Apple Home app and cut Aqara out of the picture all together. As I had iCloud+ anyway it was no additional ongoing charges.
Just cancelled my plan
Not paying £50 not even sure what I was paying £35 for.
Avoid any and all subscriptions that you can. Subscription=eventual robbery.
As someone who recently set up a Ring doorbell thanks to an attempted break-in and narrowly avoided assault (just coming back from work, found lads trying to kick my gate in), this absolutely blows. Granted, I recieved my Ring as a gift and only subscribe to the base plan (about £3.50 per month) – I found the non subscription service super lacking.
Oh look scumbag American company (owned by bigger, tax dodging scumbag American company) with a huge market share hikes it’s prices after securing a near monopoly on the market. What a surprise. I suppose if your dumb enough to pay a subscription for your doorbell you deserve to be fleeced for your money.
We have verisure and its a similar pricing to this. At least they have someone to respond to alarms.
Ring was acquired by Amazon in 2018 so it is Amazon that are hiking it’s Ring doorbell plans.
Why anyone would get a ring door bell when there’s companies like eufy doing it for free is beyond me!
EVERYTHING is a fucking subscription. I thought Microsoft Word was egregious a few years ago but paying £50 for a doorbell is insanity.
Glad they did this. I didn’t even realise I was paying out annually. Got the email today. Cancelled straight away.
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Why do people even have Ring doorbells? Seems like a way just to show off that you have money.
Like 50 quid so you can see whose at your door? Seems a bit of a scam.
Blink doorbells are just as good. You can get a little hub device that are really cheap that you can plug a USB thumbdrive in to record video. Though their £24.99 a year plan does what the Ring stuff does.
They’re operating in a manner similar to drug dealers. However, most will continue to consoom product.
Another one cancelled, going to save me a ton of money all these services hiking their prices a crazy amount. Just getting rid of them all 😄
I save 50£ annually* by just not opening the door to random knocks. If somebody important is coming I always know about it beforehand. Knocks without upfront notice are always bullshit
Buy Eufy and get local storage included on a micro SD that they provide. A grand total of £0 per month.
A subscription for your doorbell is hilarious.
This is why I don’t use or buy anything that has a subscription model. They keep hiking the prices. Just buy a DVR CCTV system or set up a webcam.
We don’t pay a subscription for Ring. Is this for some sort of cloud storage they offer?
Amazon for you.
Do not give money to Amazon. Fuck them.
Maybe a fucking doorbell shouldn’t be a subscription. If I really wanted cameras I would host CCTV myself.
Get control of the market , get everyone relying on them. Then proceed to bend them over and violently shaft them. Standard
I cancelled earlier. Greedy fucks. My annual sub runs out in August
Eufy all the way, had ours 3 years now and is still running fine. Yeah there’s an up front cost, but no subscription was what sold it for me.
Slightlyyyyyy annoyed because I got one before Christmas and now it’s for the bin because no way I’m paying that lol. Mad.
Remind me why people buy this crap? If you really want to hand over all of your data and the data of your loved ones when just don’t use Ad Blocker, you don’t need to buy cloud cameras.
So Amazon have introduced ads to their TV services (unless you pay extra), hiking the price of their (poor) ring cameras and they’ve got rid of free same day delivery for their parcels for prime customers too. I have cancelled my Amazon subscriptions, it just isn’t worth it anymore.
The greed from this company is unbelievable. They made 10billion profit last financial results, there is no need for half of these money grabs.
If your prepared to pay a subscription for a fucking doorbell, you are deservedly ripped off.
50 quid a year is fucking nothing for the video playback. You almost spend that a week for your Chinese
Pretty sure ring was partly funded by police departments in America and Amazon allows them to access the video without having to obtain a warrant.
The most ridiculous shit since they stole water put it in plastics bottles and sold it back to us
Subscription for a doorbell lol 😀
Have you also renewed your subscription for heated seats in your BMW?
I had absolutely no idea they required a subscription. That in itself is an absurd proposition (a subscription for a *doorbell*) even before the price hike.
Most of my cul-de-sac (11 houses) have Ring so I don’t need to bother, if anything serious went down the footage would be available especially as just over the road is the home of a decent Bobby.
Any knocks at the door are expected as well , apart from that one time with the JWs, which didn’t last long once they realised I was an engineer and a zero-fucks given for any religion individual.
Laughs in Aqara G4. Pop an SD card in it and put it on 24/7 recording.
Wtf I had no idea ring was a subscription service damn
These things are on subscription? I had no idea, glad I never bothered with one now.
Wait? What? You need a subscription for a doorbell?
….
Hahahahahahahaha!
Why would anybody pay any subscription at all for a fucking doorbell? They barely work anyway
this is every business model nowadays, get people to pay a monthly fee, make losses for a few years, and then jack up the price to try and break even
I don’t pay anything to Ring, it’s hooked up to my NAS and works perfectly. No idea why people are paying a subscription.
I’m using Aqara G4. Held out until a smart doorbell that supports Apple’s HomeKit secure video was released in the UK. That way all the recordings are either stored locally on an SD card in the chime unit or on my Apple iCloud which i can access via the Apple Home app and cut Aqara out of the picture all together. As I had iCloud+ anyway it was no additional ongoing charges.
Just cancelled my plan
Not paying £50 not even sure what I was paying £35 for.
Avoid any and all subscriptions that you can. Subscription=eventual robbery.
As someone who recently set up a Ring doorbell thanks to an attempted break-in and narrowly avoided assault (just coming back from work, found lads trying to kick my gate in), this absolutely blows. Granted, I recieved my Ring as a gift and only subscribe to the base plan (about £3.50 per month) – I found the non subscription service super lacking.
Oh look scumbag American company (owned by bigger, tax dodging scumbag American company) with a huge market share hikes it’s prices after securing a near monopoly on the market. What a surprise. I suppose if your dumb enough to pay a subscription for your doorbell you deserve to be fleeced for your money.
We have verisure and its a similar pricing to this. At least they have someone to respond to alarms.
Ring was acquired by Amazon in 2018 so it is Amazon that are hiking it’s Ring doorbell plans.
Why anyone would get a ring door bell when there’s companies like eufy doing it for free is beyond me!
EVERYTHING is a fucking subscription. I thought Microsoft Word was egregious a few years ago but paying £50 for a doorbell is insanity.
Glad they did this. I didn’t even realise I was paying out annually. Got the email today. Cancelled straight away.