Amazon.com has
Echo Dot (3rd Gen, Charcoal) + Amazon Basics Smart Color Bulb on sale for
$14.99.
Shipping is free with Prime or on orders $25+.
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Features:
- Control your Amazon Basics smart light bulbs by just using your voice "Alexa, turn on the lights" or via the Alexa app, no more turning on/off each individual light switch
- Create custom routines to schedule your lights automatically at sunset and sunrise OR change colors of your lights for a movie night with family, party with friends.
- Create your perfect mood by choosing from 16 preset color selections and brightness levels from 5% to 100%.
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It's not meant to replace your entire house bulbs lol. Chill.
Happy Holidays!
First of all, smart speakers and smart bulbs CAN be useful. In fact, I use them every single day, but I won't bore you with how I use them.
Second, who do you think you are, the CEO of a major high tech company or the president of a significant country? Do you really think your privacy is that important? Assuming you aren't doing anything illegal, how interesting do you think your life is? How highly do you think of yourself?
Lastly, major companies and governments have unfathomable amounts of power, influence and money at their disposal. If they truly wanted to "invade your privacy", they won't require your consensus. Besides, there are PLENTY of ways that your privacy is ALREADY "invaded" without ever having to install a smart device in your home.
The sooner you relinquish the illusion that this life is everything and that you had any form of control in the first place, the sooner you will be free to actually live your life.
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BLUE
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO GREEN
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO ORANGE
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO SILVER
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO INDIGO
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO VIOLET
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BURGUNDY
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BLACK
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Let's review some of the possible failure points -- assuming I have GOOD power (no outage) and the Echo+bulb are in normal working order (no hardware faults):
- Echo device has a connectivity issue to Amazon's servers
- Amazon's servers are down (can't process my voice or pass along commands)
- Bulb has connectivity issue to their servers
- Amazon cannot contact the bulb's servers, as it's an intermediary
- Any number of consumer networking device issues (router, switch, etc)
- Issue with one's ISP (high latency, outage, etc)
- You better hope the bulb manufacturer didn't forget to update their Amazon APIs....or just outright shut down their servers because they went out of business. Your bulb is now a paperweight!
....all of which can be avoided with a normal lightbulb and a switch, for a fraction of the cost of this entire enterprise.
Oh, you'll have to content with Amazon asking "by the way..." to boost their device engagement numbers. And all the privacy concerns of it possibly listening in onto your private home life.
And many 3rd party bulbs can only be setup using the bulb manufacture's mobile application -- mining your mobile data for resale. You're not the customer - you're the product. And if that bulb company is based in China, then your data is directly accessibly by the good ol' CCP - by their law.
Don't get suckered in by cheap cloud solutions. If you truly want remote control options, search for private cloud or non-cloud options. It'll cost more, but you get what you pay for....privacy and a guarantee it'll work.
It's not meant to replace your entire house bulbs lol. Chill.
Happy Holidays!
It's not meant to replace your entire house bulbs lol. Chill.
Happy Holidays!
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Let's review some of the possible failure points -- assuming I have GOOD power (no outage) and the Echo+bulb are in normal working order (no hardware faults):
- Echo device has a connectivity issue to Amazon's servers
- Amazon's servers are down (can't process my voice or pass along commands)
- Bulb has connectivity issue to their servers
- Amazon cannot contact the bulb's servers, as it's an intermediary
- Any number of consumer networking device issues (router, switch, etc)
- Issue with one's ISP (high latency, outage, etc)
- You better hope the bulb manufacturer didn't forget to update their Amazon APIs....or just outright shut down their servers because they went out of business. Your bulb is now a paperweight!
....all of which can be avoided with a normal lightbulb and a switch, for a fraction of the cost of this entire enterprise.
Oh, you'll have to content with Amazon asking "by the way..." to boost their device engagement numbers. And all the privacy concerns of it possibly listening in onto your private home life.
And many 3rd party bulbs can only be setup using the bulb manufacture's mobile application -- mining your mobile data for resale. You're not the customer - you're the product. And if that bulb company is based in China, then your data is directly accessibly by the good ol' CCP - by their law.
Don't get suckered in by cheap cloud solutions. If you truly want remote control options, search for private cloud or non-cloud options. It'll cost more, but you get what you pay for....privacy and a guarantee it'll work.
First of all, smart speakers and smart bulbs CAN be useful. In fact, I use them every single day, but I won't bore you with how I use them.
Second, who do you think you are, the CEO of a major high tech company or the president of a significant country? Do you really think your privacy is that important? Assuming you aren't doing anything illegal, how interesting do you think your life is? How highly do you think of yourself?
Lastly, major companies and governments have unfathomable amounts of power, influence and money at their disposal. If they truly wanted to "invade your privacy", they won't require your consensus. Besides, there are PLENTY of ways that your privacy is ALREADY "invaded" without ever having to install a smart device in your home.
The sooner you relinquish the illusion that this life is everything and that you had any form of control in the first place, the sooner you will be free to actually live your life.
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ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BLUE
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO GREEN
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO ORANGE
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO SILVER
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO INDIGO
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO VIOLET
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BURGUNDY
ALEXA TURN FIRST LIGHT TO BLACK
It's not meant to replace your entire house bulbs lol. Chill.
Happy Holidays!
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There isn't a room in my house that doesn't have an Alexa and/or smart light/device.
My wife hated X10, still fights Alexa/google/smart devices being added.
She only has a dot in her office, for listening to music.
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