What about privacy with cheaper Chinese-brand pet cameras?

Specialist communities surface this concern repeatedly. r/SecurityCamera threads on blurams and r/homeautomation discussion of Tapo both flag the trade-off: very cheap pan/tilt cameras work well functionally but route traffic through manufacturer cloud services. Buyers prioritizing privacy gravitate toward eufy (local storage, HomeKit support) or insist on SD-card-only recording with cloud features disabled.