Home AssistantSep 22, 2023

For over a decade Philips Hue offered lights that work without sharing your data to the cloud. This is changing soon and we need your help to make some noise to convince them to revert this decision.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/09/22/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud/

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[Update Oct 2: data sharing to become optional] Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud

To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.

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Show threadrēd ⭐Sep 22, 2023
@homeassistant ...with more and more ppl choosing on-premise, open-sourced solutions like #homeassistant , I'm afraid this will only get worse and more frequent as the mfrs look to regain leverage by forcing the #cloud connection - nothing new, for ex. : #WyzeCam s will only work when 'phoned-home' - even if you don't have a subs and/or have footage in a local SD. This is why we choose not to have ANY mfr integrations on our main devices/sensors and handle ALL via MQTT...
Show threadGrowlph Ibex

@redwireless @homeassistant How can this kind of telemetry possibly even have any marketing value? I can't wrap my head around the idea of a marketplace where there are buyers for data about users' light bulb habits.

Am I being naive, or is this just data and control for it's own sake?

Sep 22, 2023 at 3:26pmWeb
Show threadAnttiSep 22, 2023
@growlph @redwireless @homeassistant When a male over 40 years old starts switching on lights at night in the loo it is time to start marketing prostate medication and related health services.
Show threadrēd ⭐Sep 22, 2023
@anttijuu @growlph @homeassistant That's the answer!