For me, the most disturbing thing about Spotify is that I signed up for it three credit cards ago and somehow the billing has automatically transferred to my new card each time I had to get a new one. I’ve never had anything else that I’ve subscribed to with recurring payments do that.
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yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 months ago
same with those poor ppl that bought philipps hue stuff… now trapped in a cloud…that will sooner than later ask for money or strangle you
thing that baffles me is so many still root for some other cloud services like spotify, debris or whatever exotic service…
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Natanael@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
It’s a service your credit card company offers but most companies aren’t signed up (I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of paperwork)
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hue runs over the local network and uses open protocols under Phillips branding. There’s no cloud involved.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Check the news; apparently that’s changing.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is changing requirements around setting up the service, it doesn’t change how the data flow between the hub and the lights work.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lame and unnecessary change, but easily subverted using a hushmail or whatever.
yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 months ago
hue fanboys just love their shit blindlessly
ThePantser@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Best thing about Hue though is they are zigbee and you can pair them to any zigbee controller and control them with Home Assistant. That’s what I did I ditched the hue hub and use home assistant. Best of both worlds. I get the good CRI of the hue lights without the cloud crap. On the other hand feel bad for those that use any WiFi lights that can’t be used with anything other than the proprietary app.
CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 11 months ago
What zigbee receiver are you using now? I have both zwave and zigbee with hue but I’d love to ditch the Hue shit.
ThePantser@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I am using a husbzb -1 but only the zigbee side, for Zwave I am using a TubeZB device. I use to use it for both but I wanted Zwave 700 radio. There are plenty better zigbee dongles now including ones with poe Ethernet