[flyfishnjake]

I have to agree with the OP on this one. I recently have been looking at some different home security hardware to add to my home. In particular, trying to find a video/intercom doorbell that I can hookup to my self-hosted Home Assistant server without it reaching out to the internet is a very difficult task.

Even if you know what you want, and you know it's possible, it's difficult or impossible sometimes (without building it yourself) to find hardware that doesn't rely on internet connectivity and some user account.