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I have shitass intelligent bulbs. In case of lost connection, they work like standard bulbs via , you know, switching lights on or off via switch. Wtf. Also app allows me to connect via bluetooth and just requires me to be on the same wifi.
Cheap intelligent lightbulbs apparently are better xD
Who buys this?
IME, about 90% of the twats at Reddit/r/smarthome. They they whine when the next Sonos or such they switched to gets bricked yet again.
The post the other day about charging their something with their couch and 10 yr old them...
Back around 2011, I remember reading a headline along the lines of "Samsung Galaxy 2 receives Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich on Sprint" and understood it completely while also thinking that just 5 years earlier that I'd call 911 if someone said that because they were clearly having a stroke.
Charging their doorbell with their couch
OMG! We have meta, I'm so excited guys!
This is what the Unabomber was trying to warn us about!
I refuse to buy appliances that need an internet connection to work.
The pursuit of the almighty dollar has enshittified too many things! Bring back useful, well made things!
I keep telling people to quit buying this shit and stop using corporate social media. But they're scared that lemmy is a virus (shrug) and only trust daddy google and apple
The one I have in my bedroom blinks like crazy if it gets desynchronized with the cloud and that happens all the time
Is this real?
It shouldn't be. Usual smart bulbs let you use the light switch. Unless you somehow removed the analog switch, though, maybe?
I mean they might need to log in to reconfigure their settings, not just turn them on and off. It's the meme made after the fact that assumes he doesn't have a switch lol
If you ever need a smart bulb stick with one that supports Matter. Matter devices don’t need an internet connection.
Zigbee and Z-Wave, too!
Or go with WLED software on a suitable wifi connected controller (e.g. QuinLED).
Or go with a two-way switch in the wall and get off your lazy ass.
(Edit, this is totally tongue-in-cheek. My washing machine just told me it's time to switch the load)
Only with smart lights can I laugh maniacally and have myself be silhouetted by flashing white-blue lights behind me. I didn't become a mad scientist to do this stuff manually.
The only smartbulb feature I need is dusk-to-dawn for my porch lights, and I found lightbulbs that actually have it builtin.
Good old electronics that don't depend on the cloud.
I just have my porch lights hooked up through The Clapper and my computer uses a local weather feed to trigger sundown mode and play a clap sample through my Bluetooth speaker array.
/S, but now I kinda want to do it.
Fancy. I just have a dumb switch that does it offline with any bulb. No dimming, though
I do this with a USB relay, it doesn't use any radio communication but the downside is it requires some rewiring
I did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant 'sun' integration
The first thought into my head was that you're somehow doing PWM by directly switching mains electricity.
"Does the pole count as part of the traffic light...?"
Do the bulbs that are off in the picture count?