Thanks! I wanted to take the time to put some thought into it and include my experiences with a competing product since I had that and since that came up as part of the discussion here before I even mentioned it.
I don’t expect that to happen, but then I got a 
on an unrelated post from a Wyze Team member a few days ago, so…. 
Absolutely! Thank you for taking the time to read it!
Oh, good. I’m glad that was useful, too. 
I think it’s a nifty device that packs a lot of useful features in a package comparable to what Wyze is doing, and this isn’t even what I would consider to be TP-Link Tapo’s flagship product, but I think it beats the 
out of the Wyze Cam v4 on several key features.
I don’t have any experience with any of the Cam Plus trials or subscriptions. I was just surprised to read that—unlike a lot of “free” trials out there—the description for Tapo Cloud Care said that it would automatically cancel at the end of the trial term instead of converting to a paid subscription that a user would have to opt out of. That makes it so much easier for the customer and would make me more likely to try it.
That just seems like a boneheaded decision for at least two reasons:
- They’re apparently investing the up-front cost to develop Edge AI and put it into the device…only to sell it crippled without a subscription? If it requires a subscription to activate Edge AI with Person Detection, then what’s the point of having that technology in the camera in the first place?
- If I’m paying for Wyze Cloud AI with a subscription, then why wouldn’t I just use those features rather than the built-in Edge AI? What’s the point of even including Edge AI in that case? Why spend that up-front development cost on something that isn’t likely to be used even when it’s enabled (by subscription!) because its ability is superseded by Cloud AI?
Apparently at least one Wyze employee agrees with you on that point: