You're generally not allowed to point a camera at public roads in the Netherlands: https://www.politie.nl/themas/camera-in-beeld.html?sid=05783...

Not sure how you’re going to hang up a Ring doorbell then. And the police surely doesn’t mind if you ‘accidentally’ capture ‘part of’ public space, as long as you share your images with them.

If you cannot do it without filming public space, then you don't. Simple as that.

(If you've got a garden in front of your house or so, I don't see a problem)

Strong words but they don’t mean anything. Reality shows the doorbells are selling and people are not getting arrested.

In my country the municipality does fine people directing surveillance cameras towards the street

But do they if it’s not a scary camera but a doorbell instead?

If it is filming, of course. Do you think they are idiots and don't know that smart doorbells exist?

Privacy regulators don't have people patrolling the streets, that doesn't mean they won't act if they get a complaint.

That doesn't sound like it's compatible with GDPR. In Austria some bar was fined because their security cameras were pointing at the public street:

https://edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2018/first-austria...

This matches precisely none of the practical experience I've had. The police is the police, they're going to be evil bastards when they can get away with it - but in this case I'd like to see some legislative proof that this is actually true.