It's about energy independence. The CCP doesn't give a fuck about the environment, but not having to bring in energy from out of country is high on any governments priority list.
If it weren't for having to run the heat pump, I'd have 10X what I need right now. But 3 or 4 hours of usable sunlight in the winter makes it hard to keep up.
Limit yourself to ONVIF enabled cameras, wherever they come from. Then if the opensource stuff doesn't float your boat, there's always Blue Iris. Well worth the $50-70 IMO
I had a friend describe this method as well, though he was a bit more direct and grabbed the piece with pliers and pulled it out, usually fairly bloodily. Then he'd bandage it up until it stopped bleeding, and watch it grow back and clip it if it started edging back out to the side.
I had it happen a couple times and used his method, and then I heard someone say if you cut the toenail straight across instead of following the curve, it wouldn't do this. Since I started that, I haven't had it happen again. I just use electrical sidecutters and don't cut them super short either.
Integration.