[thewataccount]

Which Amcrest cameras did you buy?

I noticed the "consumer" ones that are targeted at the non-techy have that issue.

But last I saw the 60$ PTZ model didn't require an app at all (admittedly a little bit ago)?

[rocmcd]

Just an FYI it might not need an app but the Amcrest cameras I have do phone home pretty aggressively. I black-holed them on my network, but no idea what kind of data it might be sending back.