9mo ago

Ring just doubled the price of its alarm monitoring service for legacy customers

And people are understandably pissed.

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That thing looks like shit
I know my Aunt considering going to eufy.
I've used these guys in the past.
suretyhome.com
DIY alarm.com setup.
It's been a while since but I used a GoControl 2 panel. Looks like they have new stuff or you can order used on ebay.
Like why, though, is my thought. They're Amazon. They don't need the money and I can't remember the last time I had to even set our alarm it's contact anyone there for support. I'm really tired of having to dump products after having them setup and integrated. Fuck I hate this shit...
- Because capitalism. The shareholders thirst - they will have their returns. Common sense, decency, legality and morality are all roughly shoved aside in service of "line go up".
- That's the plan. Get u locked in and jack up the price. Sell hardware at a loss, and make it up on the back end through subscriptions.
- They're Amazon. They don't need the money
  There's no such thing as enough money for big businesses like Amazon. Always gotta be growing to appease the shareholders.
- The alarm monitoring is separate from the cloud service thing.

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