When those responsible for “security” actually depend on countless things being insecure crap, we will never see any real change in how things are done, only the talks about never-ending work done ad infinitum. Cheaply and insecurely made device benefits not only its maker that saves money on development, it also benefits most of those who are supposed to check them, and set better rules for them. Instead, we have various “IoT security teams”. It's like starting the fire at an oil refinery, and then announcing that you need something more than a couple of fire trucks.
That no one has seen. Huawei must be the most examined manufacturer in history by this point and no one has found any actual security flaw yet...
Are Hikvision significantly worse than the alternative?
That's far more than enough to stream 4k HRD content on my laptop tethering to the phone.
5g range is limited compared to 4g. 5g is more spotty and needs more direct line of sight. A 5g base station consumes 3x more power than a 4g base station. So 5g is more of a gimick than anything else. The reality is, is there isn't any material benefit over 4g.
It works the exact same way with every American company, as evidenced by numerous backdoors revealed by Snowden and other folks.
Supporting American protectionism, even when the US effectively has a trade war with Europe with the Inflation Reduction Act.