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You lose convenience/functionality though. E.g. it’s convenient for me to turn on the aircon an hour before I get home in the summer. Edit: I'm not talking on
by Xenoamorphous 1y ago
You lose convenience/functionality though. E.g. it’s convenient for me to turn on the aircon an hour before I get home in the summer.
Edit: I'm not talking on a day to day basis, but when I go on a trip. And I don't have a porch nor I like beer.
Amazing that some people downvote for stating the obvious, which is that you can lose some convenience. There's trade offs when you connect something to the Internet? That's also obvious.
When I get back home in the summer from a short trip away, with a toddler and a million bags it is definitely convenient for me to have a cool home and not a 40+ degrees celsius one.
- bdangubic 1y agoyup!!! but you also do not lose any sleep over aircon turning on your gas stove :)
- ElevenLathe 1y agoIMO, its more convenient to pick up some cold beer on the way home and enjoy it on the porch while the AC chills things down.
- brewdad 1y agoIf your schedule is consistent a standard programmable thermostat does the job for pretty cheap. My Ecobee is convenient but will probably go back to an offline model when it dies or loses support. Once I dialed in my preferred schedule, I rarely touch it except to lock a set temperature when going out of town.
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- Marsymars 1y agoYou can remotely control devices that don’t themselves have any access to the internet via local smart home platforms that are internet accessible, e.g. Apple Home or Home Assistant.