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ngl i would enjoy building a home network from scratch thats fun but i dont need it lol
Honestly never saw the draw to that activity. I’ve always kept the network as simple as I can get it. I don’t have any IOT devices, if I did there would probably be a reason to silo my network a bit more. Otherwise, I’m a huge fan of it just working, so I plug in a consumer grade wireless router, maybe a few APs, but that it for me.
There's ways to do the home-automation thing in a non-techbro way. Home Assistant is an open source project that lets people control proprietary stuff without the official proprietary apps or online accounts or subscriptions or any of that crap. It's a lot more DIY, with all the positives and negatives that come with DIY.
Yeah, I know about Home Assistant and would probably start there if I gave a shit about home automation.
Personally I just think it’s kind of stupid in most applications. The only time I’ve heard of a useful home automation was my BiL who put a smart valve on his water main because his water heater failed one time while he was out of town.
But I’m admittedly a bit a Luddite when it comes to tech things that only solve a self made problem.
Smart light bulbs are an easy and pretty cheap way to get around inconvenient lightswitch placement, and do basic stuff like turn the lights off when you leave. Smart outlets can serve a similar function for lamps and fans.
With that said I would never get either on wifi directly; I just zigbee devices with a single hub I need to trust.
I understand all of this, I don’t need to be convinced of the use cases existing. I know they exist, I just don’t think they are a necessity and don’t care about them for my own situation. I just remember to turn my lights off as part of my routine… if I accidentally leave them on it’s. It the end of the world.
in my head it's more about making iot from scratch.. I have no clue how to hook stuff into existing things but finding cute ways to do something that I can't do easily like measure humidity or interact with a little gizmo I made on the wall would be very fun
Yeah fair enough. I’m definitely jaded and just don’t see it the way most people do. A regular old light switch has never failed me. Like I said in another comment, I’m become more of a Luddite as time passes lol.