Otter@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months 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 · 5 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareZedd_Prophecy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months 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-up9·5 months agothe fact that your home network setup for this relies on an internet connection is baffling
minus-squarecevn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoSounds like someone needs HomeAssistant…
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoMostly they need to move to Zigbee/Matter or similar.
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·5 months 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.