My “gateway drug” was a couple of 2-packs of Wyze Plug back in 2019 to help my parents automate control of Christmas lights. The latest things I’ve picked up were Cam v4s, and I got those a couple of months ago only because at the time they were just $1 (US) more than the Cam OGs. Both were on sale, and the Cam OGs would’ve been just fine for my application, but Cam v4’s marketing made it appear that it had on-board Person Detection that didn’t require a subscription to use, but this is apparently not the case.[1][2][3] I don’t have any experience with the battery-powered cameras.
That’s excellent, and I don’t know that I would’ve considered doing it that way! Good thinking!