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All Gigaset smart home devices from April will become e-waste due to insolvency

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The cloud services of the smart home/care products of the faltering DECT phone specialist Gigaset must be discontinued as of March 29, 2024. The company made this known in a brief announcement. 

 

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The cloud services of the Smart Home/Care products must therefore be discontinued as of March 29, 2024. Maintenance is not possible under insolvency law. As a result, the apps for the Smart Home/Care products and the networked sensors and devices will no longer be usable.

 

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I think this is a good illustration of the consequences of all smart home devices being forced to use the cloud, even though it wouldn't be technically necessary. News about this has so far only been published in Germany and I haven't seen much on the subject in the English-language news in particular, but I think it's definitely worth discussing.

 

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Most of the articles are in German, this is the only one in English and from Gigaset itself

https://service.gigaset.com/en/support/solutions/articles/75000121662-why-is-the-gigaset-smart-home-system-no-longer-usable-

Here is a german article about it
https://www.golem.de/news/insolvenz-gigasets-smart-home-system-wird-zu-elektroschrott-2403-183590.html

 

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"smart"

 

 

1 hour ago, Dan from Black Forest said:

but I think it's definitely worth discussing.

i mean sure, company that made outdated products failed to transition into a more modern market than what was the 1990 standard, why?

 

indeed an interesting question but do we know the answer? 

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That's one reason I like my Panasonic DECT home phone system. It connects to both my cell phones with Bluetooth, the handsets just use off-the-shelf NiMh AAAs, and the only way it's connecting to the Internet is via a POTS to SIP gateway.

 

4 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

"smart"

If it can't connect to Home Assistant and work without an Internet connection, I don't want it.

I sold my soul for ProSupport.

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More proof that smart home are always better hosted locally.

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14 hours ago, williamcll said:

More proof that smart home are always better hosted locally.

Or at least allow bluetooth only mode. So many things would be fine with just BT remote control yet require WiFi and account for some reason.

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D-Link did the same shit...just one day decided they didn't want to pay for servers anymore for their wifi switches and water sensors and shit. 

 

Annnnd never buying a D-Link product again.

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This is why I will only buy cheap smart bulbs. I don't trust any eco system to not eventually go away

I'm usually as lost as you are

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Gigafail.

The only automation I use is a LDR for the outdoors floodlights, why overcomplicate it?

Caroline doesn't need to hear all this, she's a highly trained professional.

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