Update, they’re now including pop up ads every time you open a camera’s view in addition to the push notifications. Thanks for making this software even more insufferable, Yi. I think I’m done with this product.
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So now you run the app. For some reason we now get a video playing trying to sell you some trainers or some other nonsense. When you try and close this down 9/10 you end up going to the vendors website. Click back again and now in the app…but wait now I have to consent or manage my options EVERTIME i open the app…fine, let the chinese have all my data (again) hold on!! still time for an AI option subscribe blocker…finally the app opens. It’s really magic. I have now replaced my cameras with Eufy cameras as I am TOTALLY PISSED OFF with this crap. To all at KAMI/YI congratulations…
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Worse now, some of the ads are auto launching websites. Latest is “your phone has a virus” website.
I have swapped mine for TAPO cameras now. Good luck!
Same, just bought 2 to test out and replace the Yi’s that I use the most, then I’ll probably replace the next 2 most used ones. I’ve had the C120’s for about a week now and they are sooo much better, but to keep from getting banned, I’ll leave it at that.
I’m still getting the forced pop-ups when I check the cams. They actually stopped showing ads for about 5 days after I complained.
I’m really pissed at this. I have 11 cameras with SD cards and I bought them because they did not have ads or required subscriptions. Someone mentioned to me that there is a class action lawsuit being filed so I’ll wait for that too. In the meantime I want to replace all my cameras with another brand that does not have ads or subscriptions because this is absolutely unscrupulous and I cannot support a company that does this. I would rather spend $500 on new cameras than to pay this company for a subscription. Any ideas?
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I’m beyond pissed. I’ve had my 5 Yi cameras for years now, but in the past year there have been excessive ads and outright garbage that impairs my ability to utilize the app as I once did. It takes a laborious amount of time to sift through this garbage while I’m being inundated with requests to sign up for Kami.
So…in the bloody bin they will go. I will purchase an entire new system of cameras instead that don’t force me to watch bullshit ads to be able to use them. Your company has definitely gone into the gutter.
Yeah I bought three cameras from them too and still have them they worked but with all the ads I can barely sign on so inconvenient now I decided to throw them in the fire pit this company is nothing but crap with these ads pathetic ad whores is what they are I’m sticking with amcrest and kasa. There are many other companies out there like sollium they are very good and their cameras work I have three of these cameras from this w**** ad company and the cameras were okay until all the ads just keep rolling in so I bought one subscription and now they have games that come up when you’re trying to look for your camera they inundate you with nothing but crap this must be a Chinese company God knows f****** pain in my ass people I swear to Christ
I feel if you bought the cameras you own them and all they’re doing is a parasitical b******* with these ads and making it so inconvenient for you to get to your cameras so I’m fine with throwing these pieces of s*** away because this company sucks I’ll never buy s*** from them again and I will put reviews out everywhere I can to blast them because they’re nothing but ads whores
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I agree with you. There is nothing that we signed or agreed on to have these continual pop-up ads. I just wrote in even signed in to this blog because I’m even getting religious pop-up ads. You can’t get rid of them you actually have to shut off your phone and come back in again before you can see what’s going on with your camera. Why do you have these ads? And how can we stop them?
Please let me know what happens because I reached out to him as well. I don’t remember signing up for any ads. Or religious ads. You can’t see anything until they get through. It’s ridiculous. Get rid of these ads
Right Kami this is getting beyond a fucking Joke I’ve purchased 3 cameras and my world of home security was great , untill you guy’s fucked it up with adverts and cloud banging , I’ve got SD cards inserted and they absolutely do fine , now when I get an alert it take an eternity to view the fucker nicking my car , because I’m hammered with pointless ad’s that i cant navigate round , no wonder my fucking face looks like a baboons arse , do the right thing and fuck them right off the app and give the customer back they’re security
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The problem with adds that block you from reviewing what is going on when receiving notification is unlikely to go away. It has been a problem for very long time with only response of Kami is offering to subscribe and pay for each camera. I had 11 Kami cameras. I removed them all replacing them with Google Nest cameras. Google cameras are more expensive but you pay one subscription/Dollars amount regardless how many cameras you have. But Google Nest cameras have no SD slots.
You can use TP-Link Tapo cameras. All have SD cards. No adds even when you do not have cloud subscription. I said good bye to Kami,
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I’m going to have to look into what kind of cameras you got. Because the ads are blocking me when I’m reviewing and what’s going on when I receive the notification. Even law enforcement which watches my neighborhood I can’t get them to see on my camera because the ads keep blocking everything.
FUCK yi home. no ads fucker
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I got this also.
People, do what I did. Go to amazon and leave the reviews. I have seen that many reviewers alread did.
Today is a special day for me, I have had 5 indoor cameras and 1 outdoor for several years. All recording with SD cards. Over the last 3 years KAMI or YI or whoever they are have tried pestering and nagging us for the subscriptions…over time making it harder and harder to simply use the cameras with SD cards. We are now at the point where the cameras are unusable. With adds and redirects constantly in the way the product is useless. So a very special goodbye from me as I have just installed TAPO cameras and I was so disgusted with KAMI I shoved them all in the bin. Farewell and good luck all… (oh and please no message saying “hey! would you like a subscription at 30% off?” - you can f*ck right off)
Oh, I am totally agree with you.FUCK yi home camera. I will sue them because they delay my emergency alerts.
Don’t be so nice. FUCK yi home. Stop stupid ads.
Yes, FUCK yi home. stop stupid ads. If there is an emergency I will sue them for delay the view.
I was fairly used to the old ads that you could just click away. But now there are ads that you can’t close at all in order to watch your footage! The only thing that sometimes works is completely closing the app and trying again, and sometimes a little cross appears to close the ad.
This makes the cameras almost unusable. So has no one managed to get rid of the ads?