Why have subscription if I only want communication between base and camera to store locally?

[Kenri]

I wanted to add a 6th camera to my base station I found that I can setup the camea the system but in order to turn it on ot says I have to have a subscription plan for that camera. I wanted to use the 6th camera just to communicate between the 6th camera and the base unit storing the video on the USB plugged into the base. I was suprised to find out that without a subription for the 6th camera I can't even turn it on. Since subscriptions are usually tied to storage, My question is why would I need a subscription if I only want communication between the base and the camera to store video locally and not store video externally? 

[jguerdat]

Because the system is cloud-based. The USB storage is just a backup device in case the Internet goes down for some reason.

[Kenri]

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@jguerdat wrote:

Because the system is cloud-based. The USB storage is just a backup device in case the Internet goes down for some reason.

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I would think that I should still be able to turn on the camera and just not be able to record.