Comment on Why is replacement for home device controls so complicated?
ad_on_is@lemmy.world 6 months ago
in a nutshell
This is how the control and information exchange of smart devices work:
Phone App -> [Server] … [Server] -> Smart Device and vice versa
There’s no way around this concept.
Now, Google gives you the phone app and the (public) server part. but these only work with their servers and apps, keeping you locked in.
HA gives you the same, a server and an app, but allows you to keep the server private (access via vpn for public)
Also who guarantees that Google Home will be there in the next few years? HA will still keep running even if it ever gets abandoned.
bitfucker@programming.dev 6 months ago
Technically there is. If the device uses BLE or the phone has some built in hardware shenanigans. There is also a local gateway via ble. I’d argue a simple gateway is not a “server”. Scheduling can be done by the device via internal non-volatile storage and RTC
towerful@programming.dev 6 months ago
Gateway is a more specific name for a server.
Like web host is a more specific name for a server.
A server isn’t anything fancy, it just serves a service.
If that is just a relay between your phone and local devices, that’s what it’s serving
ad_on_is@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sure, but I was talking about the basic concept of how things work in general to keep it simple for OP.