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[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Good point, I have hears of people having issues with Aqara stuff like that. Good flag.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Winning at protocol mastery. I commend thee.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

eYou, you are simply too late to the party. As the piece highlights in the early paragraphs, its already being done by Mastodon and the Feds (the good Feds).

I just discovered Mastodon and the Feds (that should be the name of a band) and I'm utterly thrilled to have control of what I see. Its a breath of fresh air. I look forward to my feed every day. I know its not going to be full of bollocks about Trump and other toxic stuff. Its a game changer for me.

The future is FOSS and data sovereignty and I feel a little bit closer to it today that I ever have.

🙏🏼

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Speaking of devices, I'm actually still using an ancient Conbee II and it's rock solid. I thought about changing it recently and ordered a ZBT-2 for a more up to date product, but then I realised I was insane and set it up as a Thread Border Router instead, so I have both now.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

Do many companies let you use their hubs to connect to devices from competitors? I always assumed of you bought X brand, you could only connect to X brand.

If you are gettng a refund, would you consider using Zigbee2MQTT with a suitable dongle from Home Assistant, Sonoff etc.? Then you can connect your Aqara stuff and pretty much any other brand you want, without any of their hubs.

Apologies if I'm missing something subtle here but it seems normal that Aqara would want to tie you into their products only.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Am I right that it is not for Spotify despite what it says in OP? Git page refers to YT music only?

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Pi4 w/ SSD.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have this set up to launch SmartTube instead of YouTube. Its working but there is a 1sec delay during which yhe YouTube screen flashes up. Also theres a looping issue if you use the back button to get out of SmartTube.

However, nice to have a way to remap the buttons without installing an additional app.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Nabu Casa is the way. Built by Home Assistant for Home Assistant, and utterly seamless and reliable (in my experience).

Most importantly it supports the developers who have created this amazing piece if software! Do it! 👍🏼🙏🏼

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, I understood those names but I was curious about the Netflix and Jellyfin variables com.Netflix.ninja and org.Jellyfin.androidtv. How did you figure out what those were? I'll need to do the same for YT and SmartTube.

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Can you share a bit about how you got the names for the Netflix and Jellyfin variables please? My daughter asked me yesterday if we could change the YouTube button to SmartTube! I said I didn't think it was possible! 👀

Thanks!

[–] ropatrick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Solar mainly, and a few badges that double up as buttons. Weather and humidity bars utterly pointless but it took ages to get them right so I keep them.

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