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The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability.
The foundation will own and govern all Home Assistant entities, including the cloud, and has plans for new hardware and AI integration.
Home Assistant aims to become a mainstream smart home option with a focus on privacy and user control, while also expanding partnerships and certifications.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn’t realize their devices are plug and play. I’ve considered one before and probably will go that route if it’s that easy when the wife and I have more than a pair of light bulbs to control

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Just do it. Quick and easy, and not that complex. Even if you only have a couple of light bulbs, now you can schedule them, automate them, integrate them with any voice assistant you may use

You may find you already have a lot more than just a pair of lightbulbs. Mine sees my router and stats, printer status, TV, speakers, thermostats, my phone, among things I got before HA

For me, I crossed the threshold when I decided to treat it as an appliance (Raspberry Pi 4) rather than one more thing that depended on me setting up a lab. I still haven’t made progress in the lab, but HA just works

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Well you have successfully doomed me to a day of attempting to deal with the same dang server error.

And here I thought that this might be a nice way to set up a few things my wife would like