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 threadRachel
@homeassistant the local access and relative openness of hue is what got me extended about that entire realm of tech. This is sad to see.
Sep 22, 2023 at 4:33pmWeb
Show threadRachelSep 22, 2023

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Oh yeah they tried this shit a while back (2015/2016ish?) When they announced they were gonna not support third party bulbs on their hubs

Eventually they backtracked.

If you're running HomeAssistant, a regular ZigBee controller (USB stick, or Ethernet connected) works great with hue bulbs and many other devices purely locally

Show threadRachelSep 22, 2023
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Oh yeah they tried this shit a while back (2015/2016ish?) When they announced they were gonna not support third party bulbs on their hubs

Eventually they backtracked.

If you're running HomeAssistant, a regular ZigBee controller (USB stick, or Ethernet connected) works great with hue bulbs and many other devices purely locally