• RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Apparently I’m the Luddite here for sticking with the light switch on the wall that has always just worked. ;p

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      6 days ago

      I exaggerate slightly, I guess. It turns the light on and off and also changes colors.

      It’s definitely possible to do color changing LED lighting without an app. Half of my room is lit that way, and I love it. But it’s more expensive and more complicated to install, so when I went for a second light, I just went with the app-controlled bullshit.

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          6 days ago

          If you self-host stuff and plan to buy more “smart” things or IoT devices

          Neither, really.

          After this, if I install another color-changing light, I’ll again go through the trouble of setting up one with ‘dumb’ analog controls for it. The other LED light in my room simply has three knobs that can be adjusted – one each for red, blue, and green. It was significantly more expensive, and had to be wired up by hand, but after trying both I very much prefer that kind of control.