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Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

This is why it’s a great idea to refuse to install everything that’s possible, including smart switches, cameras, lights etc. that rely on the good will of some company to keep running.

Even then you can get fucked over. I've used Hue smart lights for years, and back when I bought them, you didn't need an account to use them, just an app and network connection. Years later, they forced an online login for the app, requiring you to be online to interface with the bulbs. You can kind of work around it with Home Assistant, but you still need the account now to add the bulbs, and I don't think scenes work without an account either now.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But you can buy a 10-20€ zigbee stick and connect them directly to home assistant. No hue bridge or account required.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have a Zigbee antenna. Will have to double check. I'm pretty sure the lights work with the antenna, but scenes are only possible if you've integrated them (generally via hue through something like Homekit).

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago

Zigbee2mqtt can do scenes, no problem.

The only thing you miss is the hue app.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I was in the market for bulbs Hue was just starting that BS. They lost that sale and I've been in the process of removing network access for everything possible and severely restricting it when not. My old Honeywell wifi thermostat is gone, smart appliances are disconnected from wifi, and TVs are blocked by my firewall when they aren't actually being used. Next up, Graphene OS.

Sometimes I'd like to move to a tropical island with no news or Internet at all.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I want to move to a cabin in the mountains near the ocean. Maybe the northern fjords of scandinavia. Somewhere cold. Fuck sitting still and sweating. But otherwise I'm on board with this idea too. lol