No that’s totally smart home and easily doable with full local control using something like Home Assistant.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
It would be fun to motorize the window blinds and the window slide to automatically adjust to temperature and humidity variations to save with passive cooling…but that’s not what is meant by “smart home”, is it?
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
hesh@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
That’s what enthusiasts might mean by “smart home” But businesses are thinking more like “put a wiretap in your living room that we can play ads through”
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah; you really have to figure out what products are worth your time.
Look up what’s integrated with HomeAssistant locally and that’s a good start.
“IoT via app linked with the manufacturer cloud” is bullshit bullshit bullshit, and there are fewer and fewer choices, especially in America. Try find ing a ZWave door lock, for example.
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
For me, if I can’t control it with Home Assistant, it does not go in my house. I have smart plugs and I’m getting a smart thermometer and they are all badged for the Works with Home Assistant program so that they can be used even if the company goes out of business. I will buy nothing else.
exu@feditown.com 3 weeks ago
Be careful with that. Home Assistant also has plenty of integrations that just talk to a company’s cloud service.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
And then you have Lock-picking Lawyer bypassing the smart lock in seconds.