Comment on Huge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issues

Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a good reason why I refuse to use cloud connected or Internet required “smart” devices.

  It’s essentially an excuse for shitty engineering.

  If you really need a device to be cloud connected then it can also maintain mobile data when the remote server is down. Even better, it uses an open spec and you can standup your own server.

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  • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dream on, meanwhile the world will be buying $8 cloud connected “smart switches” because they’re the cheapest, easiest to install things out there and even grandma is able to say “hey Alexa, turn on the coffee maker” and make it work.

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    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Joke’s on them. My coffee maker has a physical button!

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• Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is why Home Assistant exists.

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Of course. But 99% of the population is either too lazy or to dumb for that, or such problems would not exist.

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    • melfie@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      99% of the population is either too lazy…

      Nudges an unopened box of Zigbee door sensors ordered 2 years ago to the back of the shelf.

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      • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Resist the temptation, hundreds of hours will be lost down that rabbithole after you start.

        Though, it is kinda cool stuff, when it’s working.

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    • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      99% of the population doesn’t have IOT in their houses

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• Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn’t control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.

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  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling

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    • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Games that require persistent internet are baffling to me… I mean the hitman games cannot store your mission achievements offline…

      But games are games… if my stove and fridge and showers (fucking showers with wifi?) Need internet connectivity than that is bullshit. They are being too fucking optimistic about everything.

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      • melfie@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Knowing a game is spying on me ruins the fun.

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      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Games like that are also baffling to me, thankfully I’ve not purchased one but I would return it as soon as I discovered the limitation if that were to happen

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  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Was getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?

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    • Makhno@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Never.

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  • cevn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.

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  • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had about a dozen WeMo devices controlling various stuff around the house, they just accumulated over the years. About a year ago, I “got serious” and ripped out all the cloud connected stuff and setup a Zigbee based Home Assistant system. It’s about 5x more capable than the old hodge podge of cloud devices, much lower lag, much better management capabilities, and when the internet connection goes down, it still works. The cloud devices would take long coffee breaks about twice a year.

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• thatonecoder@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  God, so many things gone wrong there. At least they could use “30” as the default value, right???

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    at least its not -254

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    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That would break physics (assuming you’re using Celsius)

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        well considering it controls a heat exchanger device it can only break you

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    • nevemsenki@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hey, I could at least observe superconductors at home!

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    at least its not -254

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