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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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ZigBee and Zwave? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I see a lot of posts about people who like their Zigbee and Z-Wave products. As I'm setting up the hardware in my home, I'm using Wi-Fi products because I already have Wi-Fi. I don't see much difference in price. What is the actual benefit of setting up a separate network for home devices? Is there a reason that I should consider setting up one of these networks?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

With non-wifi devices I can be certain I won't be bamboozled into buying something cloud-only

[–] GreatBlueHeron 1 points 4 days ago

I get what you're saying, but beware of the non-wifi devices that only operate through a proprietary gateway to a cloud-only service.