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empiricus ◴[12 Oct 23 17:07 UTC] No.37859937[source]▶
I am a fan of Ikea lights. I can use normal light switches to turn the light on/off. But I also have a remote and I can dim the lights or change the temperature. No hub needed. The price is low enough. And Ikea will probably stay in business a long time.
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1. theshrike79 ◴[12 Oct 23 19:58 UTC] No.37862376[source]▶
You can do the same with Philips Hue.

And just like the Ikea one, it's just a bit better with the hub.

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2. mrmlz ◴[13 Oct 23 07:45 UTC] No.37867915[source]▶
And the best thing is that they speak zigbee and you can ditch their hubs and use homeassistant if you want to avoid any lock-in!

I've actually had two Ikea Trådfri switches break though - they are cheap enough to replace but bit bothersome.

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3. theshrike79 ◴[16 Oct 23 09:58 UTC] No.37897662[source]▶
And in the future they'll all speak Thread and be mostly hub agnostic