“Starting 11 March 2024, the price of Ring Protect Basic will change from £34.99/year to £49.99/year per device. If you would like to keep your current plan, no further action is required. Your plan will renew at the new price, unless you cancel your subscription before your next renewal on or after 11 March 2024.”
Arse clowns.
Aqara G4 just cut out the middle man send it stright to the CCP :D Jokes aside it allows easy backups to NAS and SD they have a 2 week retention without subscription. I’m not sure how it would behave if you sanboxed it. EDIT looking at the other suggestions Reolink is just better all round.
Homeassisant with pi-zero with pi cam would be my GOTO if I wanted a more DIY open-source approach.