Eh, that’s mostly sensationalization by Western media. According to my Japanese friends, the new government is quite moderate and their stances on a lot of issues are a lot more nuanced than the headlines imply.

Yeah initial setup requires their app (once).

But you can use their app without creating an account, which is such a breath of fresh air compared to everyone else.

https://reolink.com/

Offers all the features Google/Amazon do, but without the subscriptions.

Plus they joined the open home foundation, so they’re unlikely to enshitify.

It’s interesting that anubis has worked so well for you in practice.

What do you think of this guy’s take?

https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/anubis.html