Every time Google goes down, a thousand nerds cry out, wishing they'd installed actual lightswitches
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We're using TRÅDFRI here and they works fine, probably because we have a hub doing zigbee
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Local control ftw
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This is exactly why we went with TRÅDFRI, I insistent on it. Another thing is that we still have hardswitches we can use to turn the light on and off in case the hub or wifi fails. The default setting on this things is to go on after a power cut
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Replying to @WyriHaximus @Brunty
Hue does this too! But both are good

Dec 14, 2020 · 1:09 PM UTC

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That's great! Honestly I don't want anything that must have an always active internet connection. Rather have an extra device on my network that manages/stores what ever that server/appliance does
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