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>>pictur+(OP)
Call me an old man yelling at the cloud, but I just don't understand the hype of connected lightbulbs. In absolute, would I like to be able to turn off the lights from my smartphone? Well, sure, if there was absolutely no cost to it. But the negatives of being tied to Yet Another Cloud Service potentially subject to data breaches, of installing an app on my phone that's going to require space, updates, and an online account, of depending on a piece of electronics with a shitty firmware that's eventually going to break or go end-of-life, just vastly outweigh the positives.

In a vacuum, having more features is good. But simplicity itself is a feature. Simple things don't break as often, it's easier to fix when they do, and they're more predictable, meaning it's easier to plan your life around them.

>>Gazoch+ci
I can't address the hype part, but just wanted to signal that for folks with some disabilities (including some older adults) these connected lightbulbs are very useful. Until, of course, Philips (and others) decide to screw with their customers. And Philips - a company, which manufactures medical devices - should know better, especially after losing so much goodwill after their CPAP equipment recall and creating a crisis in that market.