Hue light bulbs still continue to work just fine on zigbee with Home Assistant, with or without their hub. The Home Assistant community does a great job of sham

Hue light bulbs still continue to work just fine on zigbee with Home Assistant, with or without their hub. The Home Assistant community does a great job of shaming companies that become hostile, so I personally still feel fine with buying their bulbs, since they actually are better. Have auto updates turned off just in case though.