I can see your point, and I’d counter that the graphic doesn’t mention Cam Plus at all. There’s a “CLOUD” graphic element for the Cam v3 portion, and I would concede that this represents the Cam Plus features and server processing (without explicitly saying so), but the Cam v3 Pro portion of the graphic leaves this out entirely, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that this indicates—or at the very least implies—that Cam Plus isn’t part of the picture (so to speak) and isn’t necessary to get person detection with this model of camera.
If that’s not overtly deceptive, then it’s at least approaching adjacent territory.
This would’ve been my answer to @Earl.Automation’s question, as well, as I discussed in the Cam v4 announcement topic. I’m not saying that a Tapo C120 would supplant a higher-end camera with a full-fledged subscription from any company, but I think it’s a very good 1:1 replacement for a Wyze Cam v4, and I listed some of those features in that other post where I believe the C120 clearly outperforms the Cam v4.[1]
Not that anyone asked, but here’s the comment that really got me thinking about this whole mess:
I realize that’s not an official Wyze comment, but this was the post that got my attention about the Cam v4’s features, and I think it’s part of what got a Wyze employee into that discussion here on the Forum. In my mind, though, that’s just led to more questions than answers.
I believe this is true even when the Tapo C120 has sent me “Person Detected” notifications for a bird and a defecating dog (which it sees as a “Pet” when it’s not defecating—go figure) in the backyard. The on-board non-subscription AI has been impressive enough that I’m happy to live with the occasional false positive in order to get the extra features without ongoing cost. The positives clearly outweigh the negatives for me. ↩︎