Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment
Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment
Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse
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I can't buy into Smart Devices unless paying for the smartness lets me actually use it how I see fit.
So often there is little benefit except companies extract data from you, or to enforce some licensing or rent-seeking scheme. You're just paying to get screwed over.
Yeah. Usually "smart" means it does what the average person wants. Not that it's customizable at all. Things trying to be smart is what a major portion of my frustrations lie. The other major portion is companies stealing my data.
Home assistant is what you are looking for
Home assistant sounds cool, but I just want to be as manual as possible outside my computer at this point.