It's ~2026 –. ChatGPT still doesn't allow email change

Philips Hue also doesn't allow for an email change, and they've been around longer than OpenAI. And if you want to delete your Philips Hue account to create a new one with a new email there's considerable pain involved if you have a house with many Hue products.

They used to not even need an email.

You can use 3rd party apps/tools to get around this, FWIW.

I use OpenHue on Linux. On iOS I've not had much luck finding a quality app, however a long time ago I did find a good one for Android...(I just don't remember the name, sorry.)

The account login crap is ridiculous, considering you don't even need internet to use their stuff. The lack of needing a login was the whole reason I bought into the ecosystem to begin with.

That requires extra hardware in your network though, right?

The advantage of their hosted services is that they can get through NATs without any additional hardware or software.

> That requires extra hardware in your network though, right?

It requires a Hue bridge, but all the official Hue apps need that too (unless you're using the new Bluetooth support, which very few people are). You shouldn't need any other hardware though.

> The advantage of their hosted services is that they can get through NATs without any additional hardware or software.

Locally, it doesn't really matter, since everything just goes over the local network. You're definitely correct for remote access though, but I hardly ever need to control my lights remotely.