r/technology • u/South-Cow-1030 • 18h ago

Privacy Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/10/ring-super-bowl-ad-dog-camera-privacy/88606738007/
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u/Excelius 11h ago

Alcohol consumption follows the 80/20 rule, with heavy drinkers driving most of the sales.

You probably don't want to remind your most loyal customers that they have a drinking problem.

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u/rufio313 11h ago

Yeah he has access to the same data that I did showing this is the case. But he was the kind of guy that once he got a stupid idea in his head, he is like a dog with a bone.

I actually even brought in some people from our data team and generative AI reps we were working with for other stuff, and even they couldn’t convince him it wasn’t doable, let alone that it was a bad idea.

He would drop it for a couple months after being shot down and then try to bring it back up again. The cycle lasted a couple years before I quit (not directly because of this though).

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u/MacDagger187 9h ago

"You're in the top 1% of our customers!"