[Jupe]

So, rather than Big Brother being government-imposed monitoring paid for by all taxpayers, the concerned citizenry is flipping the bill for the devices, network connectivity and electricity. Fascinating.

[downrightmike]

always, flock just charges local governments and then charges the police too to get access. They get us coming and going, and yet most crimes and murders go unsolved still. If a cop can track his Ex through hundreds of cams, why aren't the solve rates better? (Its not about crime)

[charcircuit]

Tax payers and citizenry are largely the same. It's not really flipping the bill.

[ErigmolCt]

Yep, it's like we speedran 1984 but made it a startup

[xethos]

That's just capitalism vs socialism. In communist countries, the state provides the surveillance. In capitalist America, the consumers pay for state surveillance.