You’re absolutely correct. I have few smart switches around the house and automations for yard lights and stuff like that are pretty nice to have but I still have the physical switch where the dumb switch was to interact with if the automations are down or I just want to override them. The ones I use even accept the same faceplate than traditional ones so there’s no change on anything unless you want to automate things.
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cynar@lemmy.world 1 day agoIt also needs to fail gracefully. A smart switch needs to fail to a dumb switch, not “no switch”.
IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
and retire gracefully, where the device becomes open source and available to the community of owners who have invested in it.