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Home Assistant renames its cloud service in jab at Big Tech
Original: Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/02/big-tech-ruined-the-clou
Home Assistant, the open-source smart home platform, published a blog post arguing that big tech companies have degraded the meaning of 'the cloud' and announcing it is renaming its own cloud offering. The post frames the change as a protest against commercial cloud services and reaffirms the project's local-first, privacy-focused approach. Discussion is spreading across developer and open-source communities, where the local-versus-cloud debate remains a recurring flashpoint.
Why now: The open-source community is engaging with Home Assistant's provocative criticism of big tech cloud services and its rebranding decision.
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- Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/02/big-tech-ruined-the-cloud-so-were-renaming-ours/ # HackerNews # Tech # OpenSource · hackernews@robot.villas · 3
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