I’m kind of glad that I don’t mind flipping switches and pressing buttons. I’ve never felt the need for a smart home, so this stuff hasn’t affected me much personally.
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W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I get that we should expect shit like this from Amazon but at the same time, they bought something and the maker completely changed how the device worked after they bought it.
I’d be pissed too. We have to hold these companies accountable.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Home assistant is the way to go, all run locally on a homePC, I have ZigBee lights and switches automated
An example is my front deck lights turn on at sundown, at 10% brightness, at 11;00 pm they drop to 1%.
If motion is detected they brighten up for a bit.
On holidays they have appropriate RFB effects.
All of this is automated, none of it talks to the internet.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s awesome, but I don’t need it. :)
Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh, for sure, it’s just for fun
My entire design goal is making it invisible for my wife, so things just work. As an example, I took our doorbell, and made it smart… Not a smart doorbell, but I have an esphome between the doorbell and the chime, so I can turn the chime off, or I can have our phonea get notified.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Smart Home is really good for me bc I have trouble remembering things, but I’m for building my own and running it on my own server vs using corporate bullshit.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good to see you get some good utility from it. 💪😎
PushButton@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, they totally deserve to be sued and pay a $5 fee as punishment.
That will teach them!