Comments by "LoneTech" (@0LoneTech) on "Philips changes terms after the sale: requires data-sharing account to use a light bulb..." video.

  1. They never reverted the damage, so what exactly did they lose?
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  2. This is exactly why I sought out Hue lights in the first place; I connect them to Home Assistant using a Conbee II USB dongle.
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  3.  @LukasJosai  I wasn't looking for RGB at all, but specifically warm and cold white, preferably with high CRI. Turns out the budget option was picking up a heap of Philips starter kits on clearance from a grocery store. They're called "white ambiance".
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  4. "Smart" means a lot of different things. On phones, it seems to mean you can install new programs, though some think it means the phone is lacking buttons. Neither of those were new concepts when "smartphone" began being marketed. On other devices, it tends to mean too dumb to have their own controls, requiring management through separate computers, such as those "smart" phones.
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  5.  @sultanofsick  Consider talking to a conspiracy theorist. They've honed their feelings to an overriding conviction, quite unrelated to truth, and rely on it to excuse hostile behaviours, like accusing almost everyone they meet of being frauds. Can we not express regret at their driving force (though doing so to them is unlikely to help)? Of course, this comparison makes it all the more offensive when this phrase is applied in the most insincere way (essentially "I'm sorry you feel that I shouldn't have harmed you as I have and intend to").
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