So about these subscriptions
I started a few months ago canceling subscriptions when prices were going up. It seemed every service last year was updating their prices instead of keeping them the same or lowering during this economy in order to keep subscribers. As we know, the shareholders are the group to keep happy every quarter, not us.
I've been using Ring cameras for several years and the subscription plan was about to renew. When I bought these, the options for local recording was slim and I continued to pay the annual fee. Today there are many options including Apple Homekit cameras that use iCloud for storage. Canceling the Ring plan made my experience very limited including not saving, reviewing or sharing the security videos. I still get a notification but need my phone to quickly react to the notification or it's gone. The good thing is the hardware still works.
I'm hoping to test out some brands with Apple Homekit Secure Video mostly for the family to have easy access without another app. The AppleTV is our main entertainment device and having the notification pop up on the TV screen will be a game changer from Ring. The money I save from Ring plans can go directly to iCloud+ (which we already pay) to save the camera videos.