Personally I don’t care which state actor it is, I don’t want any of them to have easy access to my data.

If they want it, they should work for it.

All your data from this device being stored on servers in China that are accessible to the Chinese government isn’t a relevant concern?

It’s not cloud free and requires online activation with the Tuya app. (I assume based on other Tuya WiFi devices)

Yup, it’s a rebranded Tuya device.

It’s a rebranded Tuya device, which can actually be used in a local only mode.

I wouldn’t trust connecting it to the Tuya online services though that is for certain.

It’s a rebranded Tuya device, and they don’t sell your data to any law enforcement or insurance.

They do however comply with Chinese laws and all your data is readily available for the Chinese government.

It’s a rebranded Tuya doorbell. So there aren’t any subscriptions, though you will be giving them all your data.

In my defence I was drunk.

The mod adds well, extreme violence. It lets sims murder other sims in various ways (also adds non-deadly violence)

You can make it so only specific sims you’ve enabled it for can do it, and you can make said sims do the violence out of free will.

The clown was probably placed in the neighbourhood in its own house, set to high free will, and high violence. Then the player went and played with their own family of sims.

Then if the clown ever came to visit (other sims in the neighbourhood will sometimes just show up to visit you) it’d start murdering. Events like a wedding usually invites everyone in the neighbourhood, so the clown showed up and started doing violence.