Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

  • Starayo@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    3 months ago

    If I can’t run it with home assistant, I’m buying a dumb device instead.

    Trying to buy an automated feeder for my cat was a nightmare. Why does everything have a camera and require an internet connection to China? Everything was on tuya! It’s fucking ridiculous. You don’t need cloud processing for this shit. Finding something that’s just a timer with a battery backup that wouldn’t fail to feed my cat if the power or internet briefly went out took way too much effort.

    • herrvogel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Trying to set up home assistant for my parents’ house, I started seeing the point of all the cloud stuff. My dad wants to have home automation but he completely lacks the technical skills to run and maintain a home assistant instance and he’s completely unwilling to learn. Even after I’ve done all the difficult parts for him, he always manages to have trouble. The majority of those troubles could be avoided with a cloud managed service. I’m guessing there are way more people like my dad than there are who could be assed with setting up a 100% local smart home. Because that does require more than a little bit of technical inclination.