It is very possible to have a full smart home setup with zero dependence on Teh Cloudz, with fallback to physical dumb switches when something goes wrong, but from what I’ve seen it’s far less effort to have one that depends on external stuff
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TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
One of the many reasons I will never integrate smart home stuff into my house.
My light switches still work because they’re powered by my finger instead of the “cloud”.
jherazob@beehaw.org 1 week ago
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 week ago
I have a crap ton of smart home stuff and zero of it relies on the cloud. It’s like anything else, you just have to be smart about what you buy, and the good stuff has a higher learning curve.