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Philips Hue will soon force users to create a Hue account and sign in to continue to use the app and control the smart lights. The best security model to protect smart devices is to keep them disconnected from the internet, or at least keep this option available.
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Hue uses Zigbee though, doesn’t it? In my experience they’re the most reliable Zigbee lights with the most consistent light output, and work very well as routers.
I run hue and home assistant and hue has given me about 300% fewer problems than either hass or z-wave have. The hardware is solid, and if they force me into an account I’ll just spin up zigbee2mqtt.
I bought 8 hue bulbs for $12 each like 6 years ago and every one of those suckers still work to this day. And the bridge came with the bundle. I just looked up a replacement bulb and its $20 per bulb. If those still last as long as my originals I will happily keep using them. They have worked flawlessly on my homekit schedule and they turn off at 1am and turn on at dusk every day without fail.
I don’t even know why people still use Hue anymore. It’s overpriced and zigbee and matter exist.
Hue uses Zigbee though, doesn’t it? In my experience they’re the most reliable Zigbee lights with the most consistent light output, and work very well as routers.
I run hue and home assistant and hue has given me about 300% fewer problems than either hass or z-wave have. The hardware is solid, and if they force me into an account I’ll just spin up zigbee2mqtt.
I bought 8 hue bulbs for $12 each like 6 years ago and every one of those suckers still work to this day. And the bridge came with the bundle. I just looked up a replacement bulb and its $20 per bulb. If those still last as long as my originals I will happily keep using them. They have worked flawlessly on my homekit schedule and they turn off at 1am and turn on at dusk every day without fail.