Did you actually read the content…?

Regulate digital purchases.

Although I understand the sentiment, the instrument under which the funding has been granted is called NEVI and has pretty strict requirements about what gets built (150kW rated, payment terminal equipped charging stations along major roads) as well as transparency requirements about reliability.

Is it really so? The specs are open, and Tesla has been permissive about letting other companies use their patents, but what would happen if they changed their minds?

I built a few with ESP32CAM but its hard to get night vision and color camera with those. At least it’s mostly open source.

So after spending a fair amount of money on a device with forced obsolescence, I get to give more money to this company, yay!

I kind of understand that they can’t offer the cloud service forever - that’s OK, but I’d like there to be a local option then

Yea… My current home automation is all local, but cameras are still an issue.

The EU Data Act might partially apply, it requires companies to design their products so that any data they generate is locally accessible (that was my reading of it anyway) from sept 2025 onwards.

I have been quite happy with Nokias (HMD Global). Only downside is poor spare part availability.