[gnicholas]

I'm in the US and I agree. I was never a huge fan of Ring, and when they were acquired by Amazon that made it a deal-breaker. Amazon already knows enough about me.

It's probably no accident that Amazon doesn't tout Ring devices as being Amazon-owned. I imagine there are others who would be less likely to purchase if they were aware of the connection.

[HPsquared]

If Amazon/Google/etc. already knows everything about the customer, they won't feel so uncomfortable handing over a little bit more to them.

A small unknown company on the other hand, I'm more reticent to hand over my information to.