Freeing a Xiaomi Humidifier from the Cloud

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• SW42@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I mean that’s a really cool hack, but why in the world would a humidifier need a cloud connection?!?

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  • iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because it’s Xiaomi. Everything Xiaomi NEEDS an app and cloud connection to share as much of your stuff as possible. It’s how they get cheaper selling prices to begin with.

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    • Rooty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I bought a Xiaomi scooter on impulse and realized it doesn’t fucking go above 5kmh until you connect it to an app. It rots in my garage now.

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    • Melonpoly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Usually lite version of their products don’t connect to the to the internet.

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  • JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It totally makes sense to have one running with HomeAssistant. Humidify the air based on a sensor reading. Don’t run in certain timeframes, f.e. when nobody is home. Track the air quality into nice graphs. Give an alarm when the water is low. That totally makes sense. Using a chinese cloud doesn’t

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    • SW42@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well, my vacuum robot is integrated into home assistant, but I use valetudo so it’s only connected to local WiFi. Air quality graphs I also have but also connected via zinger so I don’t broadcast my data and don’t have any holes in my system that I’m not responyfor and can’t patch.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Connect via app. That’s probably all.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    smart appliances, i would never buy one of those.

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• realitista@lemmus.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Home assistant has had a local integration to pretty much all Xiaomi devices for quite a while now.

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