App was 4* when I bought 2 cameras around 2020
Bought a camera in 2019 then a second in 2021, and was happy at the time with them, and the app was ok- not perfect, but usable. But, not surprised recent ratings for their app are nearly all 1. Lately, YI have been that bad at business they think it's a good idea to keep moving the goalposts so far, it's virtually unusable. WE PAID for the camera and SD card, so you shouldn't severely limit us access to them! By all means, charge for full cloud, but adding time limits to access our OWN camera and SD card is very bad practice. The app had a couple of iffy aspects in the first place with ignored user requests on their forum (hanging on 25%, constantly obscuring notification bar for mobile data no-one wants, the latter being the simplest fix). There was sometimes the "Yes, we'll look into that" responses, but nothing was ever done. They were instead plotting how to strangle the functions further to try and get people to pay a subscription. This is one good example why I have auto-updates turned off. An update all too often means making it worse for the user through greed, and no improvements. It's your own undoing YI, most of your cameras will become unnecessary e-waste as a couple of your monthly payments will get us another brand's camera that don't do this unscrupulous practice. A shame, as the cameras (at least the 2019/20 models) were good for the price.