Smart home devices should work without the internet

Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by WalterBright on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:56AM (#50443017)

I've bought multiple internet radios over the decades. The demise of them is always its dependency on a remote server which enables setting which stations you want to listen to.

The remote server always goes away after a couple years go by, and the radio is only capable of playing the stations that were set as presets. Then the preset radio stations go offline, or the URLs for them change.

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Re:Smart home devices should work without the internet by skittleson on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:38PM (#50444338)

same story as a meat thermometer someone told me about. the hardware outlives the server and still stops working. At least with opensource projects, if they are no longer maintained, its possible to fork and keep they going. hardware can be tough unless the device's firmware can be updated.

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