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• silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I thought this comment was trolling then I realized that zigbee and zwave are real brand names. You can’t make this shit up.

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  • capital@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol from the outside I can see how you’d think that.

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  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Haha yeah they’re IoT protocols for smarthome stuff. But an open source software called Home Assistant can talk to it, so you can self-host your home automation without your home being subject to the whims of some fragile tech startup and by extension, their investors.

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    • silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh I see, that’s helpful and makes sense. I’m one of those newbs who took 15 hours to set up my own Jellyfin. Self hosting Home automation is a ways off in the distance for me haha.

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      • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hey, same! Glad it was helpful.

        And hey it sounds like after 15 hours you DID get it set up, so congrats! The skills learned will keep transferring to your next projects. If you’re having fun, you’re winning. :)

        Home Assistant has a pretty rad community and guides on which devices it can use and stuff. They’re trying really hard to be accessible to the curious. So hey, never know!

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  • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s how things are now.

    I was looking for kitchen scale and not a single recognisable brand was there on Amazon. No Phillips, Bosch, Siemens, Panasonic etc.

    Don’t know if these companies even make things like that anymore.

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    • silkroadtraveler@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah Amazon has opened the door to the lowest quality hardware out of China to put most name brands out of business for lower priced goods.

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