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Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud - Home Assistant (www.home-assistant.io)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/homeassistant

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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] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until something is legislated, this will continue to the end-user's detriment.

I bought some Philips Hue bulbs In something like 2015 which have worked mostly fine ever since, but the control surface has become more and more intrusive over the years. I'm now relegating the bulbs to dumb use until they finally die.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have completely swapped to just normal LED dimmer switches.

I live far enough out in the country that we get brown outs for less than an eye blink. Every fucking light bulb will shine bright like a diamond and there is no way to turn it off.

I've tried setting the 'Power On' Behavior but it just ignores it for these scenarios. It's so maddening to wake up at 3 AM with every light on having paid hundreds for light bulbs I 'own' but can't command.