Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
A reminder to not buy “smart” home appliances unless you can self-host it’s internet connectivity or its “smart” features are optional.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You had me until “unless”.
Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 1 month ago
smart home appliances are tolerable if they have 0 (zero, cero, null, ling, sifr, mee-then, noll) internet access
python@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yup, Zigbee all the way! Although that new Matter protocol seems kinda promising as well
Tja@programming.dev 1 month ago
You also have wifi with tasmota or esphome. Some products come with optional cloud features turned off by default (and no automatic updates), like Shelly. You can also flash them, but the factory firmware is so unobtrusive that I don’t bother.