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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 just turned on my office light within Snap, an open source environment to teach kid programming, literally minutes ago. I didn't even know that was possible 1h ago.
As others pointed out the point isn't to replace a switch, the point is to get efficient or creative or both with your home. Of course if your mind can handle a switch with a light bulb, no need to do more.
PS: no data left my home, no WiFi requirement, no third-party proprietary app. Sure most "Smart Home" setup are horrible in many ways, both privacy and security, but it's not because the most popular way sucks that all ways do.