I never understood why you would want anything connected to the cloud. Like if the central server goes down, you just can't turn on the lights or open your garage door? Why do people install that garbage? It's not even really automated, you're just using your voice or your phone to turn it off and on.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Like if the central server goes down, you just can't turn on the lights

I can walk over to the switch and turn my lights on fine without internet, which in the rural area I live, happens quite often. The same with my thermostat, no net? Change it at the thermostat. The only thing I am missing when the net goes out is my schedules.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tons of my house is automated, and everything I have can still be used without an Internet connection.

Like I said, none of my smart devices have an Internet connection unless I explicitly allow them to have one, and Homeassistant is hosted on my own hardware.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I was agreeing with you. That's the only way to do it.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Someone that has a homeassistant server absolutely automates their devices.