Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud:
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/
@fribbledom
> you get the ability to control your lights while away from home using their mobile app
Is it only me who finds this funny? Why would I want to control lights away from home, to give my cats a scare? 🤪
I mean, you might have cameras installed which might be not infrared and in this case you might want to control lights too, but it seems to me to be a very narrow corner case.
@m0xee @fribbledom You've never accidentally left the lights on and gone on holiday? You don't have children who seem to think lights are free? You don't work awkward shift patterns? You're just lacking imagination.
@Baggypants @fribbledom
Yep, probably I'm just a boring person. Who can even shut power completely off when leaving for extended periods 😅
@m0xee @fribbledom I wish you could come round and teach my children that skill! 😁
@Baggypants @fribbledom
TBH I don't think my parents did me good when they taught me that skill, I wish I could worry less about insignificant things like that. But of course it has good sides too 😁
@Baggypants @m0xee @fribbledom Yes, you should teach your kids how to save energy – by using a cloud server for switching lights off locally.
@RA_Negm @m0xee @fribbledom #homeassistant. This imbecile thinks it's in the cloud. 😆
@thatguyoverthere @fribbledom
I've seen wall switches with such a mode decades ago: it just turned the lights on once in a few hours for random period of time. Neat trick, but I think they are aware of this already and if they have spotters, those probably pay more attention to actual people coming and going than lights, and if they are amateurs — it probably won't stop them anyway 😄
@m0xee @fribbledom It might be a good idea to turn on and off lights remotely for security reasons. If so, there is definetly no reason to pass around more than an UUID. There is no reason to collect and store data for this functionality.
@m0xee @fribbledom they just launched a security cam product and this is their play to try to force everyone to care about it.
https://www.philips-hue.com/en-ca/products/promotions/newest-philips-hue-products