Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
You had me until “unless”.
Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
smart home appliances are tolerable if they have 0 (zero, cero, null, ling, sifr, mee-then, noll) internet access
python@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yup, Zigbee all the way! Although that new Matter protocol seems kinda promising as well
Tja@programming.dev 2 weeks 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.