[Update Oct 2: data sharing to become optional] Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud
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To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5717757

Today’s story is about Philips Hue by Signify. They will soon start forcing accounts on all users and upload user data to their cloud. For now, Signify says you’ll still be able to control your Hue lights locally as you’re currently used to, but we don’t know if this may change in the future. The privacy policy allows them to store the data and share it with partners.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Ooh I can’t wait for the new Philips Hue® lighting monthly subscription service, where with a low fee we can access all of our standard lighting IOT with the basic subscription plan and colored lighting with the premium subscription!

    Let the enshittification begin.

    • cheery_coffee@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      But now you’ll never be able to set your room to Baby Yoda Green, Mando Mauve, or New England Patriots Nautical Blue during the big game!

      Show your support for your teams and favourite characters, for only $4.99 a month, or $59 a year (a generous savings)!

      Premium members can link their Disney+, Xbox, and Spotify accounts for $9.99 a month.

      Don’t forget to light up your feed with our new vibrant social media section!

  • Teal@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I’m not going to create an account. What I will be doing is looking for an alternative setup that is simple and completely local or just go back to traditional led bulbs.

    This is easy for me with just one room using Hue. I feel for those who have them for all or most lighting around their home.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    Friends don’t let friends use the cloud enshittified internet services. Stop signing up for subscription services for things that should never have a subscription. Stop giving companies your data. Even if they aren’t screwing you over today, they will tomorrow. It happens so often it’s just background noise on the news anymore. Just say no to putting your shit on the cloud other people’s computers.

    • Grippler@feddit.dkEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Just say no to putting your shit on the cloud other people’s computers.

      Unfortunately self-hosting is not a realistic solution for the vast majority of the population. Even the best solutions out there for self-hosting are way too complex for most people. If it’s not close to “point-click-done”, with no debugging or maintenance whatsoever, it’s just not a viable solution for most people. I’m decent with tech and do self-host a few things, but it’s a complete PITA compared to “cloud” options.

      • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        10 months ago

        Thats way we have to organize us in groups running strong homeserver behind VPN and proxy running all kinds of FOSS web services and federate those services with other groups.

        A tech-noob should trust his local Sysadmin, not some (foreign) company

        • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          10 months ago

          Lol, that’s how all these companies came up in existence in the first place.

  • spudwart@spudwart.comEnglish
    0·
    10 months ago

    It was potential decisions like this that made me stop using various IoT devices in my life.

    And year after year, i am proven right.

    • TwistedTurtle@monero.townEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      With Home Assistant and locally controlled devices there’s no issues whatsoever. Completely locally controlled and solid as a rock ime.