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  • Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability.
  • The foundation will own and govern all Home Assistant entities, including the cloud, and has plans for new hardware and AI integration.
  • Home Assistant aims to become a mainstream smart home option with a focus on privacy and user control, while also expanding partnerships and certifications.
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[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 7 months ago (12 children)

I've dabbled a little with it, but I really want something that's as easy to use & set up as the commercial offerings like Google Home and Amazon Echo. I want to have an interface where I can connect my light bulbs, and have little hockey pucks that will listen for a wake word and do what I ask of it, and play my music. I also want to be able to get under the covers and do something that solves an odd problem that might come up.

I'm very hopeful for the project and I do think it will get there eventually.

[–] orenishii@feddit.nl 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ease of setup in exchange for google/amazon spies in your house and your data. Seems like a very bad deal to me.

It’s really not that hard to setup for a basic setup and after that it’s working problem free with all kinds of manufacturers devices, not just one brand.

[–] Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 months ago

Privacy issues aside, for wider adoption the user experience needs to be better. Most people don't want to be a sysadmin for their house, they just want to live in it.

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