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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I mean, there are still plenty of ways to have smart things that don’t communicate with the internet. Ikea’s stuff is all zigbee, they don’t have wifi at all. You can get one of their hubs to control from your phone, or they sell remotes with zigbee you can pair directly to control a set of bulbs. They never have to see internet at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

@princessnorah @yoz rlly??? I might have to look into this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah. As well, if you want to upgrade to a Home Assistant setup down the line, all you need is a $50 Zigbee USB adapter. If you’re more tech-savvy then you can also buy bulbs from somewhere like https://www.athom.tech that come pre-flashed with open source firmware. Either ESPHome, Tasmota or WLED are available. These are wifi, but everything is local, and you can block them on your router without issues. ESPHome is what I have running on the bulbs I rescued.

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

@princessnorah that’s awesome! When I move out imma buy all this lmao

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