• Captain Janeway@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Thermostats are easy to change out. So this isn’t a huge deal. But I don’t love the idea that tech isn’t built to be self-hosted or maintained in any meaningful way. If you’re not shipping an open source version of your software when you close up, you’re an asshole.

    Yeah, self hosting isn’t for most lay people if it’s just a GitHub repo. But GitHub repos quickly become adopted by nerds like me who build tooling around it that eventually let lay people self host software with the click of a button.

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      6 months ago

      Newer versions are Homekit compatible and can be controlled over the local network.

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          6 months ago

          Home assistant can talk to homekit devices without involving Apple, so you can assume it’ll be around for a while.

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            6 months ago

            Yeah, 100%. Home assistant can basically connect to any damn thing. Home assistant is going to be the fall back for a lot of legacy iot devices and platforms.