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There are many wonderful devices from China that have hackable APIs that don't need to phone home to Google to work. They're also much cheaper and more OSS friendly.


I’m always worried about:

- security

- support

- safety

With those devices. Don’t get me wrong, I love AliExpress - but I’d be worried about anything running at mains voltage, especially when I’m away from home.


Most of what I purchase on that front is from Amazon. Excepting a few wifi switches (which are UL listed), everything runs on 12v.




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