I have an adblocker for my home connection. By far, Hue subdomains are the most common blocked ones.

Philips Hue sends data to servers every few minutes.

Here is an approach: Kirika

I’ve been happily using it in the last two months, and you point made me worry for the first time. Thanks for it!

But overall, I love the interface and will stay on it - maybe double-checking the backup routine now.