Otter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHuge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issueswww.digitaltrends.comexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1453arrow-down13
arrow-up1450arrow-down1external-linkHuge internet outage live blog: Amazon, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max and more experiencing issueswww.digitaltrends.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareZedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn’t control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agothe fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
minus-squarecevn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoWas getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?
It’s not that far off. I woke up to an Internet outage and none of my home lighting routines fired off and I couldn’t control my lights via wifi. I got it under control shifting to Bluetooth but for a second it was infuriating.
the fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
Sounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…
Mostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.
Was getting up and turning on the light switch not an option?
Never.