Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
A reminder to not buy “smart” home appliances unless you can self-host it’s internet connectivity or its “smart” features are optional.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You had me until “unless”.
Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 2 months ago
smart home appliances are tolerable if they have 0 (zero, cero, null, ling, sifr, mee-then, noll) internet access
python@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yup, Zigbee all the way! Although that new Matter protocol seems kinda promising as well
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
You also have wifi with tasmota or esphome. Some products come with optional cloud features turned off by default (and no automatic updates), like Shelly. You can also flash them, but the factory firmware is so unobtrusive that I don’t bother.