Belkin's Wemo Smart Devices Will Go Offline On Saturday
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- News link: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/01/30/2159212/belkins-wemo-smart-devices-will-go-offline-on-saturday
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> The shut down was [3]first announced in July and impacts most Wemo devices, ranging from smart plugs to a coffee maker, with the exception of a handful of Thread-based devices: the 3-way smart light switch (WLS0503), stage smart scene controller (WSC010), smart plug with Thread (WSP100), and smart video doorbell camera (WDC010). Wemo devices configured through Apple's HomeKit will also continue to work, but you have to set them up in HomeKit before January 31st if you want to use that option.
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> Other affected devices will only work manually after Saturday. If your Wemo device is still under warranty, you may be able to get a partial refund for it after cloud services shut down.
[1] https://www.belkin.com/support-article/?articleNum=335419
[2] https://www.theverge.com/tech/870890/belkin-wemo-cloud-services-shut-down
[3] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1520202/belkin-ending-support-for-most-wemo-smart-devices
Pointless gadgets (Score:2)
Is is that hard to just use a normal goddamn light switch?
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LOL, found the Luddite. /jk I was thinking the exact same thing.
Re: Pointless gadgets (Score:2)
Newsflash - switches are not just for lights.
Smart switches and other smart devices allow for many applications that are simply not possible to do with dumb ones, such as scheduling.
To be back on topic, there are 100% cloud-free alternatives to Wemo, such as Z-wave devices. ESPHome devices also come to mind.
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These devices are NOT smart. I have mechanical timers that switch stuff on/off on a regular schedule.
All of this is just automation, and unless a person sets up the parameters, logic, etc it is 100% useless.
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I used software to turn on and off a light on an irregular schedule while I was away on holiday. On at 30 minutes after sunset and off a random time between 11:00PM and 12:30PM. Makes the house look a bit more lived in and was fun to script.
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Ugh, 12:30 AM
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I have some remotely-controllable WiFi plugs. I use them in emergency to power-cycle my main server if I'm far from home and the server locks up. There are good uses for remotely-controllable plugs and switches.
But they don't rely on any cloud provider; they run Tasmota and I control them directly via their Web interface or API.
Enshittification (Score:2)
marches on
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The Cloud is too busy doing AI stuff to be concerned with your pathetic little lives.
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> When will people learn?
Never. They never will which is why companies keep churning out new gear and then killing off the old stuff. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I've seen these 'ecosystems' of devices like this come and go over and over and over again. And the main reason it turns into e-waste overnight is because the company turns the servers off.
See, they figure they've sold about as many as they're gonna sell, so it's time to 'obsolete' it and make everyone buy new stuff.
This is why I run everything that I can locally, no cloud relia