You're not alone! Your story sounds EXACTLY what I was doing last week. I was mostly concerned with support for the camera being dropped after hearing about Google shutting off a product last week. I even doubt this WiFi thermostat I got a month ago will be supported in 5+ years time. I decided to bite the bullet and order a Raspberry Pi 3 along with the Camera module and try my hand at using one of the many online tutorials.

Say that again 11 years past it's release date in 2020 and we'll have a fair comparison.

People being forced to hold on to an outdated version of a browser because specific sites (add-ons) won't work with newer versions.

I hope Apple is starting to develop their own image editing software.... ..just sayin'