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[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Matter. Get it adopted. Buy and implement only Matter devices in the future.

Needs a year or two, but if we can get that tech widespread, this cloud stuff will be less essential.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago

That's interesting.

Here is a better link for it that isn't pushing Google products. Not implying you are doing that, just wanted to provide a non Google link is all.

https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Buy Zigbee in cases where there isn't a Matter alternative. It's not quite as interoperable as Matter but it's fully offline once setup (and some newer coordinators have dual zigbee/Matter support). Avoid cloud connected WiFi devices like the plague.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I love my single TRÅDFRI Zigbee lightbulb.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not sure why I'd want some private cloud system when HA can work on its own. I'd go zigbee, which doesn't require any cloud.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Matter works with HA and HA works with matter, keeping it local and easier (is the hope).

Edit to add: it's not really a private cloud. It's a mesh/WiFi network that transfers data based on the item type.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Eh? Matter is an open source standard, not proprietary in the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Matte

Well the link went straight to a Google page. Many people here is trying to avoid Google services/products, so it made me suspicious.