Open Home Foundation
Open Home Foundation
www.openhomefoundation.org
Open Home Foundation
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There shouldn’t be smarthomes. It’s a really bad idea.
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It's okay if you're fully in control and it's built with redundancy.
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Nah, I don’t think smarthomes are a technology that is good in the slightest.
The only benefits I’m aware of are automated operation of appliances and more efficient climate control. Both are basically ways to negatively impact people’s lives by increasing the amount of suffering that’s acceptable in daily life and make modular, unsustainable, climate vulnerable housing economically viable respectively.
I’m open to learning if there’s more, it’s just a repulsive, regressive, screw-turning concept on the face of it.
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It's not often that the most privacy conscious choice is also the most reliable, easy to use, and flexible option for something, but Home Assistant checks all the boxes.
I just started using it myself here very recently and so far I've only set up one automation but it is very useful. What I am truly excited to see is the Works with Home Assistant program badge. That way I can look at a device that I'm interested in and see whether or not I should spend my money on it. I don't want anything to do with a device that I need a fucking cloud account for.
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