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by imglorp
2438 days ago
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> open-source verified builds [...], kill the cloud-storage requirement [...] optionally with e2e crypto In your opinion, in the current space, do you think there's room for this kind of product now? I bet most of the readers here know why these are good features if you don't like adversarial software running sensors on your home network and uploading stuff, but I also bet we're in a tiny, tiny minority in the market. |
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1) You get no credit with customers for security features, only blame if they get hacked. You must invest in good security engineering because you believe it is a good thing and a good long term investment, it will only cost you in the short term.
2) Unfair competition from large tech and China-based companies, in terms of pricing and incumbent advantage. (And yes, I helped create this situation by selling Dropcam to Google, and profited from it)
In order to win, you'd have to make something better in every other respect (or find some yet-unknown killer feature that average customers actually care about), sell it for the same price, beat them in price wars, and spend enough on marketing to undo the PR damage they've done to the space AND rise above the noise floor.