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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/government--agent on 2026-08-01 07:35:52+00:00.
I have about 60 different IoT and media devices constantly connected to their manufacturer's cloud servers.
Thanks to HA, I was able to block about 55 of them from WAN, making them local-only.
The only way to access these devices now is through HA and if I want remote access I use my VPN.
Not only are all the devices more responsive now, I no longer have to worry about 10 different cloud services, 10 different logins, and 10 different apps. Everything is managed from one single app.
The one major thing still holding me back are my Google Nest speakers for voice control. I have it set up to relay commands to HA but it still goes through Google servers to do that.
Next project: local voice assistant.