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> No local access and/or physical control => don't buy it. No exceptions. Are there any thermostats like that? The only mass market product like that that I
by ardy42 6y ago
> No local access and/or physical control => don't buy it. No exceptions.
Are there any thermostats like that? The only mass market product like that that I know of like is Philips Hue lights (their base stations have a local REST API, or at least they did last time I really used them).
My "don't buy it" threshold is unnecessarily cloud-only features or mandatory cloud integration. I should be able to take full advantage of the product's features without that extra dependency.
- herbst 6y agoThere are plenty of no name products or chinese brands. I ordered a bunch of sonoff devices not to long ago to be controlled on my rpi with a conbee. My wiz bulbs are also locally controlled, my no name cams exposed via http anyway ... Its not exactly hard finding such devices these days. Often they require a cloud connection for only the initial setup. Nest and co was totally out of question for me because of the forced cloud.