The cameras that people have on their homes are not necessarily places that they are at on a regular basis. Some homes are vacant, some are secondary homes, some are vacation homes, some are rentals, etc.
I've had a couple failures over the past ~decade and it has never been "mysterious". If you don't panic and use context clues, there is always plenty of information. Pretty much any foreseeable urgent problem resulting in a failure would have produced some footage that indicates the issue. And non-urgent problems that result in failure are easy to detect. (e.g. if your UPS sends you an on-battery alert, and 5 minutes later your cameras fail, you just had a power outage)
The only time that cameras go black without warning and it is warranted to panic is when you're the comic relief character in a bad horror movie.
I don't see courtesy or an answer in your comment. I see a refusal to answer, in a condescending tone. I explained myself in good faith and you chose to educate me about the existence of property portfolios, following up with how, actually, my question is stupid.
You refused to accept even the premise of any thing I've said. I believe I have matched your respect, but hopefully with more zing.
I've had a couple failures over the past ~decade and it has never been "mysterious". If you don't panic and use context clues, there is always plenty of information. Pretty much any foreseeable urgent problem resulting in a failure would have produced some footage that indicates the issue. And non-urgent problems that result in failure are easy to detect. (e.g. if your UPS sends you an on-battery alert, and 5 minutes later your cameras fail, you just had a power outage)
The only time that cameras go black without warning and it is warranted to panic is when you're the comic relief character in a bad horror movie.