Here's why I will never get a Ring doorbell camera

I had an Amazon delivery guy ring my Roku bell that's at the driveway gate about 400' from the front door. I NEVER get anybody pushing that thing. So, at 9 o'clock in the evening two days ago, I get this weird noise on my phone. Not that I was drowsing on the sofa, but maybe not as alert as I could've been. I pick up the phone hazily thinking it was a call. I was speaking to the poor ba$tard at the doorbell. Said he was a newbie and they gave the newbies the crappy assignments. Delivering to strange houses after dark, not for me. Anyway, my only doorbell experience.

 

It’s why I have never had a smart doorbell

 

I won't even use a door bell... Only thing you need is a really big knocker and a peep hole!

 

The only thing more foolish than taking advice from a YooToobe lawyer is using it for medical advice.
I do not use Ring myself because they are spendy and usually require a subscription.
Besides, I live in the Deep South.
I can jailbreak a $25 Wyze cam and use IOT to do the same thing that a Ring does (including license plate reading) for a fraction of their price.
I tinkered with it but in the end, I really do not need it.
Yeah, we have porch pirates and low level property crime but we also have rock salt loaded shotguns, glitter bombs, and fake, lighted Ring Doorbells.

Besides,
I have the best security system in the history of the world.
Retired neighbors with little yippy dogs.

 

Big knockers are a plus.

 

It’s all relative

 

There's a lot of distance between publicly stating that thee is no back door for police use, and there being no back door for police use.