Smart home / IoT does not necessarily imply “requires cloud service to run”. Most people impacted by this were running HomeAssistant which necessarily means the

Smart home / IoT does not necessarily imply “requires cloud service to run”. Most people impacted by this were running HomeAssistant which necessarily means they have a self-managed home server to control their devices. The migration path for affected users is to double down on the local control route. If you are trying to say “do not buy smarthome products which depend on a cloud connection” then that’s a position I agree with strongly.