It has a lot of advantages. Now when a criminal steals my package I alert the police immediately with 100% return rate so far. Before Ring, I would go home and search for a package for thirty minutes before realizing it was stolen. I'll gladly pay $3 a month for this service, it pays for itself. As far as privacy, I don;t have the privilege of a gated community to keep thieves out so this is the next best thing