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[return to "The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing"]
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1. kstrau+W3[view] [source] 2023-09-26 23:45:48
>>pictur+(OP)
Rachel nailed it, as usual. I was an early adapter and have a houseful of Hue stuff, but over the last year or so I've switched to buying Nanoleaf bulbs. Hue is a little nicer, but not enough to make their terrible app worth the hassle.

I've seen a few recommendations now for the Ikea Dirigera hub, so fine. I've ordered one. Assuming it works as expected, I'll migrate everything next week. So long, Philips. I liked your stuff, but why'd you have to get greedy? Was being twice the price of your competition not enough?

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2. dylan6+95[view] [source] 2023-09-26 23:53:47
>>kstrau+W3
I now have a couple of different app controllable LEDs. By far, the Hue app has been the best of the bunch. However, my app recently gave me the "Starting soon, you'll need to be signed in" notice. I am very unhappy with this, as everything I want my lights to do is working perfectly fine without even needing an account to be signed into.

From the moment I first saw the notice, I started wondering if I'll have to find a new app. But because "soon" has not arrived, I just have been ignoring it. I hope when "soon" arrives it will be a weekend so I have plenty of time to deal with it.

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3. bombca+Ba[view] [source] 2023-09-27 00:23:03
>>dylan6+95
The BestBuy Insignia brand smart switches died years ago (they shut the clowd servers down and sent me gift cards for the purchase price, nice) but they keep working with HomeKit every day.

Hopefully I can just block my Hueshit at the router and they'll keep doing what they do, otherwise off to goodwill.

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4. dylan6+uc[view] [source] 2023-09-27 00:34:45
>>bombca+Ba
>clowd servers

it's like a portmanteau between clown + cloud, because most of these cloud things I swear are led by clowns. I like it a lot!!

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5. bombca+cf[view] [source] 2023-09-27 00:52:50
>>dylan6+uc
I typod it, the spell checker fixed it, and then I thought the exact same thing, and went back and broke it again.

I'm claiming it and hereby releasing it into the public domain! :D

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6. heyoni+bz[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:08:06
>>bombca+cf
You need a PR for this. Someone start a repo. And while we’re at it, can we think of something better than enshitification? It just doesn’t roll off the tongue very well at all.
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7. bombca+QA[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:17:47
>>heyoni+bz
I've always been partial for "slumping into the melt" - a term from forging metal and glass. Everything becomes a even bland useless but barely working mix in the crucible of modern finance.
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