Still, the effects benefits the consumer, so I would consider this a good thing.

Also, I wonder if we can do the same to other companies and let them revert course.

But the outcome is good for me at least and I’m satisfied.

Oh. Steam tried to rip gamers off so hard that they removed forced arbitration clauses and class action waivers from their terms of service.

Steam is a monopoly no doubt, but it’s not a result of major anti-competitive behavior, but simply because others can’t match it.

If you don’t put trust on someone something, you left yourself to trust and do all the works. However, you don’t trust yourself either, sadly I can’t offer any solutions.

Actually, this and the Signal group have zero privacy. They are all open, free-to-join groups. The encryption doesn’t matter. All it need is anonymity, which I think SimpleX > Matrix > Signal.

I’m using Postmark for my Vaultwarden. Nothing major I know of.

What’s “ethical”?

You are welcome to audit the source code and host the backend yourself.

Will a simplex group better? Nothing identifiable.

It isn’t just about one company, but precedent. If today Asus can get away with this, other will look and copy the behavior. Apple and Samsung started a lot of anti-consumer precedents and no one can sure Asus isn’t the next.

Given how much lobbying power the American automotive industry has, I don’t think that will ever happen.

That’s not vandal proof. What I mean by vandal proof is IK rated, like IK10.

Best I can find is https://www.hikvision.com/en/products/IP-Products/PTZ-Cameras/Value-Series/ds-2de2a404iw-de3-w-s6-/

You will have to set the camera pointing default to a non sensitive area, likely ground if you mount it directly above your doorbell, and only tilt up when it get some event triggers like motion (feet), audio (it does have a mic), doorbell (via home assistant), other cameras (mition alerts), or something else.

Vandal proof camera is easy to find, but with privacy mode? I don’t think such product exist yet.

Ops. Missed the actual details. Sorry. How small you want it to be? Any dimentions?

I agree mostly except the app. Don’t pretent Home Assistant doesn’t have an app.

add a vandal proof camera on top

What data?

At least I want to see some proofs my voice data being transmitted over some medium. Those slides are ads created by ad company to potential ad clients.

Then I don’t see any problem for them just put down $50 more.

I didn’t say it isn’t legit nor I distrust automation, but I would like to see anyone operating an online shop paid for a cert to show they are honest and won’t diappear in thin air not delivering. Am I going to get back what I paid, properly not, but a basic DV cert isn’t expensive either for a business.