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Re:The smart home is flailing as a concept by torginus on Friday August 06, 2021 @06:18PM (#28093410)
There is no value proposition. This tech is designed by software engineers for the purpose of harvesting the maximum amount of data about a a given person while giving him/her the thinnest possible veneer of value proposition. That's why mechanical wonders like the million-function wonder toilets of Japanese fame are not pushed - they do not allow companies to harvest as much data about its users, while taking actual engineering skills to design - a no-no proposition for these smart device companies.
Re:The smart home is flailing as a concept by colordrops on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:22PM (#28094805)
Umm, I was speaking about myself as well when I talked about this setup. There is nothing that phones home here. Almond for voice recognition, Zwave for the switches, movie served by Jellyfin, TV and Receiver blocked by OPNSense firewall with VLANs.

It's valuable and useful to me, and if it could be setup up easily, I'm sure others would love it to.

Ironically I also have two japanese toilets in my house.