The security camera company #Arlo has emailed everyone to say that they are introducing a "Fair usage policy" to their plans because they noticed that a number of accounts are using a lot of #cloudStorage.
So, what is considered "fair usage" of a cloud subscription you pay £11/month for?
It's going from an unlimited number of 30 second clips over 30 days, to a limit of 60 clips at 30 second each over 30 days.
Or, you pay an additional £13 per camera per month, on top of the £11.
I'm pretty sure this problem is easily solvable if they just made a better app, with better options of which cameras should use local storage, when clips should upload, a setting where you can decide yourself when they get deleted, and so-on-and-so-forth.
It just feels like the worst solution is to say "you get 60 clips in a month or pay us more".
Another reason for not choosing to use local storage is that the camera then suddenly looses the capability to use "activity zones" - the area where movement can occur without triggering a recording.
This is of course an arbitrary, non-technical limitation, not at all connected to where the subsequent recording will be stored. It's part of the "service" you pay for.
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