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Testing a reply from kbin :3

IMO the way to go is to slowly transition, and avoid systems, hardware and softwares that depends on the cloud as much as possible. If you can, try to stick to one open standard and don’t deviate unless you have absolutely no choice.

You should be able to disconnect the Internet and control everything locally on your home wireless network. If you can’t, then you don’t own it.

Sure, you can make some automation rely on some weather services (OpenWeatherMap), but you could go one step further and deploy your own weather station on your property (ie: attached to the shed, etc). That way even if the Internet goes out, you can still automate based on local data.

I just wanna say thanks for letting me in and good luck with the project !