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The Smart Home Wi-Fi Trap: Are We All Being Conned by Convenience?
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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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I think you just described my coffee maker that I got from Costco. That’s a lot of extra steps to make a device that already exists.
I have that same Cuisinart from Costco, and the built-in program does just fine itself. There also must be a battery because the clock doesn't lose time when the power goes out
Yes, a coffee maker that connects to the internet does exist, usually for more than I spent on everything involved, and also usually with its own headaches.
I find that usually those devices all want their OWN app installed, so instead of just your home assistant, you have HA, and the Mr Coffee app, and the GE app, and whatever else, each with their own requests for telemetry and whatnot.
Building your own out of simple devices gives you more control and an easier vector to secure.
But in your use case why does the coffee maker have to connect to the internet?
It doesn’t HAVE to be but it makes it easy to have a schedule that only runs in certain days and it allows me to turn it on from the other room.