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Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud - Home Assistant (www.home-assistant.io)
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I know we already got another thread about this topic, but I wanted to highlight the stance of home assistant for this topic.

I really don't see how you can argue with this post. Well, I can, but I really don't want to think about it.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep! With zigbee2mqtt you even get bulb firmware updates too 😎

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you tell me more, because I don’t know anything about this and would like to?

[–] icedterminal 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just be aware you do lose some of the nice features the hue bridge has. They can be replicated in home assistant. But it's a bit more hassle!