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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
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[–] dai@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All their smart lights are tuya, or at least the ones that I have. The esp are swappable but are soldered to the boards and their a pain to open but can be done.

I purchased some of their downlughts to add another project to the pile and to feed my curiosity.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, my rule is that any Tuya device that uses Wifi is to be avoided. I've got plenty of Tuya bulbs and power meters that use Zigbee, though, and they're alright but they talk directly to Home Assistant.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

any ... device that uses Wifi is to be avoided

Same here with TPLink. I avoid Tapo for its more anti-consumer features like cloud dependence and WiFi, and stick to Kasa, but I do have a KP303 which was pretty much the only smart strip in production, and unlike the other Kasa plugs the strip can't be configured without logging in.