I bought a Tapo webcam this summer produced by TP-Link, and since then it’s sat on our bedroom window sill looking NENE North East’ward and down the strath. No subscription involved, it faultlessly connects to your wi-fi and stores hi-res video it takes onto a micro-SD card for a couple of weeks, before reaching the end and starting all over again, loop recording. It’s viewable from anywhere in the house from my smartphone, I suppose you might be able to view it remotely over the internet, but I’ve never tried it, as I don’t get out much these days. There are a couple of things I am disappointed with, at night, because it automatically goes into infrared mode at a certain light level, it doesn’t capture constellations or planets. The other thing it doesn’t do a very well I’ve found are colourful sunrises, which are often disappointing, with colours that are not as extensive or as vivid as they are in reality.
The one thing I can’t show are time lapse videos of fast moving skyscapes or strong convective clouds development, for the simple reason I didn’t save any 😖.