Remote monitoring without the vendor lock-in

I need to monitor a location that has no WiFi or electricity, ideally with a PTZ camera with a solar panel. I’m looking at some kind of 4G camera like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reolink-Go-PT-Plus-Detection-White/dp/B09QC78HPC/ref=pd_ci_mcx_mh_mcx_views_0?pd_rd_w=qRF5i&content-id=amzn1.sym.f4b7c577-5729-4684-975a-4aa63e326d3f&pf_rd_p=f4b7c577-5729-4684-975a-4aa63e326d3f&pf_rd_r=0Q799HB65BYPH7GAWS97&pd_rd_wg=PtwZE&pd_rd_r=1a3c08a4-4fa5-4649-9020-8bd974a1843c&pd_rd_i=B09QC78HPC but I’m extremely sceptical of any vendor who I have to trust not to shut down support in a few years time or pull some kind of bait and switch where they then demand a subscription to access “cloud” features.

Does anyone have any suggestions of a well integrated solution like the linked one that is configurable to backhaul video on demand or on detection to a personal storage location? Do these solutions even exist at a consumer level?

Thanks in advance.

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March 15, 2023
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