Arlo wanted $4.95 a month, per camera, for my new Arlo cameras for video storage, local or in Arlo's cloud, when I purchased upgraded cameras. Arlo would not give me my money back for the cameras. I could get still images, stored locally, for no charge. That sort of defeats the purpose of having a video surveillance system.
The older Arlo 2 cameras would still store video locally without charge, but none of the newer cameras. If I am going to store locally, then why should I pay Arlo anything? The answer is corporate greed.
Now I have better cameras, recharge via solar, local storage in the base station or in the cameras. Eufy is a much better product in my opinion. Certainly the long term costs are much lower with Eufy than with Arlo.
Thanks Arlo, I voted with my dollars.