Dose anyone else just feel embarrassed reading articles like this (especially on the top of HN)? We really are having the best of times in 2023 when not able to changing the colors of light bulbs w/o logging in is a, seemingly, big deal. Or it really is just the end game before the collapse.
Exactly. People who have to work for a living are not wasting time or money on the unregulated, abusive, intrusive, deceptive, under-delivering shit show that home automation has become. They just like, hit the light switch. People of normal means do not have time for all this sillyness.
I like that I can control things without needing to get up again if required (as mobility is quite difficult for me) but I also make use of motion sensors/schedules and stuff to ensure as much as possible that the areas i'm in are lit without me having to mess around with switches and stuff which can often be difficult with a cane in one hand, if I want to do literally anything else with the other.
It may well be a first world problem for some, but for me, it is simply a problem full stop and some basic home automation stuff has been a big help.