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Home automation - why? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Loucypher@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?

Edit: Thank you all for sharing your experiences! The ones I found more interesting are those that can easily translate in reducing or tracking consumption. The rest I hear but makes more sense when I look at it from an hobbyist perspective.

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[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain your laundry setup?

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing more than a LG washer and Dryer and their app. It tells you a lot more, including exact times things will finish, in the app.

Also, unrelated, but are you aware your account is listed as a bot account? Or at least it appears that way to me. You have the little bit emoji by your name. It's in your account settings if you're unaware.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for pointing it out. I have no idea why my account is flagged as a bot account, and I haven't been able to fix it all this while. At some point I just gave up.

Ever think about a home-assistant setup for your washing machine?

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Haha no worries. You're a good bot.

I am in fact. I just got a raspberry pi and want to set up HomeAssistant for everything. I don't like that if the Internet goes down, all my stuff goes haywire. So I want to get it all on my local network.