Comments by "James LaBarre" (@SenileOtaku) on "CBC News" channel.

  1. Just the very idea of leasing equipment that is built into your house raises red flags to me. Service contracts, home improvement loans, those are the sorts of things I could see paying for over a period of years. But those would be against items you *OWN*. If it's something I'm leasing, it should be for something that can readily be removed within an hour or so. For home security I'd be leasing maybe a base-station, but the cameras, doorbell, etc are built-ins, so one way or another they're MINE. As it is I'm looking at exterior cameras for home, and not only would I be buying the cameras outright, I'm looking for ones that would use an open-source management system that doesn't require some external service to use. But then again I've always presumed anyone showing up at my doorstep to sell me something, is most likely planning to rip me off.
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