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The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability.
  • The foundation will own and govern all Home Assistant entities, including the cloud, and has plans for new hardware and AI integration.
  • Home Assistant aims to become a mainstream smart home option with a focus on privacy and user control, while also expanding partnerships and certifications.
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago (15 children)

To become mainstream the install process for a fully featured setup needs massive work.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You can buy preinstalled hardware like the Home Assistant Green if you aren't up for it. I don't think you can really make it much simpler without just selling the hub itself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m still confused by the different versions of HA. Does that version include all of the features? Or is it the basic install that’s easiest to install?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yes home assistant green comes preinstalled with everything you need, you can use addons, etc. Just buy it, plug it in and start going. There aren't really "basic" and "advanced" versions of HA. There's just some that have addons and others where you do the addons yourself as docker containers. But all of them have the same HA features.

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