AnActOfCreationApr 20, 2024

The little smart home platform that could

https://programming.dev/post/13034760

The little smart home platform that could - programming.dev

- Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability. - The foundation will own and govern all Home Assistant entities, including the cloud, and has plans for new hardware and AI integration. - Home Assistant aims to become a mainstream smart home option with a focus on privacy and user control, while also expanding partnerships and certifications.

Show threadparaphrandApr 20, 2024
To become mainstream the install process for a fully featured setup needs massive work.
Show threadAniki 🌱🌿Apr 21, 2024
In what way? It’s dirt simple to get started.
Show threadscarilogApr 21, 2024
For you maybe. You think your grandma could set up home assistant?
Show threadJoelk111Apr 21, 2024
Yeah, that’s all Alexa and Google have on home assistant. Not to mention that sometimes you have to write yaml to create automations.
Show threadAbackDeckWARLORD

Yeah, that’s all Alexa and Google have on home assistant.

That seems like a massive thing though. If the average Joe can’t even install the product, then it doesn’t matter if it has way more features than its competitors.

Apr 21, 2024 at 7:15amWeb
Show threadnexusbandApr 21, 2024
If average joe can’t be assed to to some research, the product isn’t for average joe and that’s a good thing. Because designing a product for average joe has a lot of drawbacks.