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.
B0rax@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 2 weeks ago
Zigbee2mqtt can do scenes, no problem.
The only thing you miss is the hue app.