• That would be impressive as my doorbell is hardwired from a button to a transformer and bell in a closet.
  • I wonder how I would feel about that, if I was alone at home, and lonely.

    Would it cheer me that people were reaching out and ringing my doorbell?

    Or would it make me sad because I would be reminded that there was not a friend ringing at the door?

  • I'd be shocked if the Ring doorbells were materially more secure.

    I sit firmly in the "only smart device is my printer and I keep a loaded gun next to it in case it makes a weird noise" camp.

    • Picturing the scene from Where The Buffalo Roam.

      ... but I think that was a fax machine.

    • I have a poe reolink camera doorbell that I am yet to install...
    • I would love if my printer was more dumb. It's cheaper to buy an AIO than a separate document (with duplex) and flatbed scanner.
      • Nowadays smartphones do credible document scanning for most consumer use cases. iPhones had this built in before COVID at the latest.

        But the printer comment was actually a reference to a meme about how different groups of people relate to technology.

        Nobody on the Internet can ring my doorbell because it's a dumb button that connects to a dumb, literal bell.

        • I mean yes and no. If I knew your address, I could 100% ring your doorbell from the Internet.

          CTRL+T, doordash.com, McDonalds, "ring doorbell please", pay, done.

          I know this isn't what you mean, but, humans are buttons (or button pressers?)