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tldr as it seems to be being hugged to death: > Back in 2019, I started my journey of self-hosting iCloud and disconnecting from Apple services. Despite a few
by petesergeant 1y ago
tldr as it seems to be being hugged to death:
> Back in 2019, I started my journey of self-hosting iCloud and disconnecting from Apple services. Despite a few inconveniences, I am quite content with the level of customization, privacy, and ownership my self-hosted services provide. At the time I was happy that HomeKit, unlike all the alternatives such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa, did not require iCloud or the need to round-trip to their servers. ... Apple now wants to lock down your HomeKit devices to an iCloud account.
- simondotau 1y agoIt may be tempting to frame this in an nefarious way. I think it’s far more likely that support for HomeKit without iCloud was never formally defined. Earlier teams tasked with developing HomeKit probably had some pride in their work and developed it with as few dependencies as possible, whereas I say no evidence of pride in any recent Apple software development. Right now, I’m typing this on my iPhone in Safari, and the dark keyboard overlay has a rounded edge which is different to the rounded edge of the light grey background (and of the phone screen itself). It looks like amateur hour. I see no evidence of pride in anything Apple has made recently.