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Smart home devices should work without the internet
A writer argues that smart home devices should keep functioning locally even when internet access is lost, criticising products that become useless during outages or after cloud services shut down. The argument has struck a chord with technologists who prefer local control, offline reliability and longer device lifespans, and who are questioning how dependent home automation has become on company servers.
Why now: Growing frustration with cloud-dependent gadgets that stop working during outages or when manufacturers drop support
smart home deviceshome automationinternet of things
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- Smart home devices should work without the internet · skittleson · 1.1K
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