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BlackVue used to be the best and everyone went for these as they were really easy to install and use.
Over the years it has quickly degraded, their app got worse, privacy got worse, intrusive ads, hardware malfunctions, support going downhill... Enshittification at its finest.
This is pretty much what happens with every company that becomes popular. Eventually they begin to exploit their popularity to take back value from their own customers.
I wouldn't ever spend money on something that requires an app, an account, or an internet connection. Fortunately my car has dashcams built in.
What car has built-in dashcams but isn't itself an enshittified nightmare?
What car ~~has built-in dashcams but~~ isn’t itself an enshittified nightmare?
I want to know this too
Thanks for this. I used to have one about 6 years ago and thought it was pretty good. I have been too lazy to buy a new since that one died, so it is good to hear I shouldn't look at them again.
I watch a lot of dashcam videos on YouTube and the Viofo ones are consistently good quality video. I wound up getting the A119 but haven't recorded anything interesting enough to pull footage yet.
You should pull footage now to ensure it’s working the way you want. I realized my date/timestamps were broken cuz the camera was only powered when the car was. Misc stuff like that is good to know ahead of time
That is something I've been meaning to do since installing it but haven't yet months later. I do keep mine powered constantly so I might not have your same issue but it would be really shitty to actually need it someday and find out it hadn't been recording this whole time.
One of these days I need to get around to hard-wiring my dashcam so that it can always be powered.