Smart Home S**t
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- slappy1
We don't have any voice assistants. We use Ikea smart bulbs to switch on our lamps at sunset (it changes during the year which is cool) and off at midnight. They use minimal power < 3w. If we ever want to use these manually, you can, you just switch them on and off like a normal bulb. They go back to the routine if you leave them on.
After setting them up, we haven't touched them and they have been all good. Now and then Apple tells me that some of the bulbs are not responding but I ignore these and they all still work fine.
We also have some Arlo cameras outside, to keep an eye on packages and get a notification when the postie has been.
I think internet things can be good if you don't need to interact with them to go about your day. We have also been enjoying adding a Yamaha streamer to our hifi. It does what you want, all the time and doesn't ask for updates.
- I agree. I enjoy the connected device stuff but also without the always-listening voice assistant.monospaced