I know we already got another thread about this topic, but I wanted to highlight the stance of home assistant for this topic.
I really don’t see how you can argue with this post. Well, I can, but I really don’t want to think about it.
Capitalism is so exhausting. Can’t they just make a lighbulb that changes colour and leave it at that?
you could buy that - but you decided on philips cloud crap instead?
This always annoys me. How can a device you have purchased outright with certain functionality, have the terms of service changed after the point of purchase which then changes that usage of the device.
This seems like you could return for refund as the device is NOW not what you originally purchased.
Where does this end? We buy a car then 5yrs later they change the terms of service and if you don’t agree you don’t get the right to have tires on your car.
Why does your lightbulb need to connect to the internet at all? Automation does not require the cloud.
How else would you send spam or stage a DDOS attack? /s
Would it not be possible to block this using firewall rules?
Hmm, maybe. Depends on the infrastructure they put up. If there is a separate domain for the telemetry, then you can block it. Still no guarantee that it still works though.
The app will need internet access to login though. That really is a cat and mouse game that is not worth your time I’d say.
I’m blocking my bridge’s access to the internet right now, just in case they push an update for this. I never use the Hue app anyway.
Yup, same here. I guess a zigbee stick is next…
