What do you guys think of the idea of smart homes? I could make a basic setup using https://home-assistant.io to control my home temperature and lighting; the tools for doing this are everywhere nowadays and implementation doesn’t seem too horrific anymore.

But setting aside what I “can” do, is this something that I “should” do? How can a person implement this without connecting any devices to the internet?

  • psudo@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Thankfully I haven’t run into issues with Nest, but if I wasn’t a renter I wouldn’t want them in my home.

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      1 year ago

      They aren’t issues, it’s more things like poking holes in their walled garden. Like if you want to automate your thermostat outside of their app, or use home assistant, or anything else it’s just 1) difficult and 2) brittle. They’ll break apis randomly, make you jump through all kinds of crazy hoops.