[burnte]

Normally we would expect no subscription means no video uploaded, but it doesn't HAVE to mean that. IF you distill it, it really only means the Ring doorbell owner doesn't get access to any video or features without paying.

There's no reason they, however, won't still derive value from it without a subscription by recording and reselling that data somehow. That's probably how they got this footage. All the subscription does it help subsidize their surveillance network and let you use it a little bit.

[esalman]

I guess I don't have to renew my Ring subscription then. If things go awry I can just ask FBI to ask Amazon for the footage.

[stackskipton]

Sure, if whatever case you need Ring camera footage for is important enough to get FBI involved.

[pimlottc]

Distill it?

[ezekiel68]

Eh, it's not a terrible usage. I give it 7/10 for artistic license.

[kube-system]

It's a pretty darn normal usage:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/sentences/distill

[burnte]

I'll take a 7 out of 10.