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Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud
(www.home-assistant.io)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
A few years ago, I declared to my family that if they bring any "smart" appliances into the house, they (the appliances) would get the sledgehammer. They (the family) didn't understand why.
Now they understand.
Home Assistant is the way. It even brought my old Music Flow speaker back to life!
Smart devices with local control are absolutely the ticket. HA is surprisingly easy once you get past figuring out how to set up the server.