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>>pictur+(OP)
Just stop for a moment and ask yourself "could the author of this post be wrong."

Philips just introduced Matter support which requires local access, and continues to support Apple Home as well. There are dozens of apps which can manage their hubs. ( FWIW I use iConnectHue. )

Philips also just introduced cameras, which did require them to update their EULA.

>>briana+Vc
I left an App Store review expressing my disappointment and got this explanation in a response from the “developer” (relevant sentence clipped for brevity):

> To keep your accounts and products secure and ensure you get the most out of your system, you’ll need to create a Philips Hue account soon.

To make sure my account is secure, I’ll be required to have an account. Cool.

>>wlesie+ld
There are no announcements by Hue to developers that the CLIP API is going away, so I suspect there is a lot over speculation based on a clueless Twitter post made by some droid that most likely doesn't even understand the questions they were asked.