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What happens when your cloud service just pulls the plug - Insteon gone
Kasper:
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--- Quote from: eti on June 17, 2022, 12:39:11 am ---Well, to be excruciatingly obvious, [...]
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Jesus fucking Christ mate [...]
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I guess eti's description was accurate. Now we just need to heed his warnings.
gnif:
--- Quote from: strudenilist on August 10, 2022, 03:21:58 am ---That’s why I prefer using a local server instead of a cloud. It is less expensive and less problematic in the long run. A cloud seems to be an easier solution, but its possible issues are much bigger than if you use a server.
You can develop nice AWS architectures with ...removed..., and they would look and work really nice until something happens to the cloud service. And you can never tell what will happen or when it will happen. In the case of a local server, you can at least know the possible problems and how to deal with them
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Company contacted, will remove the above post once they have seen it.
EPAIII:
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they are selling "the cloud" as the preferred backup device!
Gee, I wonder why I never liked that idea.
--- Quote from: kripton2035 on April 18, 2022, 12:34:42 pm ---if you really need a cloud, make your own private cloud on a NAS device. or be prepared to something like that ! (i.e. make backups if possible)
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xrunner:
Insteon got bought finally by a group. They started selling "subscriptions" for two years $69.95 for access to your hub (through the cloud).
I moved on to Lutron which is better IMHO and can do everything Insteon can do with the cloud or without and it has no subscription.
Here's the last email I got from them -
--- Quote ---Hello,
According to our records, you are a Hub owner who has yet to subscribe to our Insteon Hub services. This is your last reminder that if you subscribe no later than July 15, you will get a $10 coupon* that can be used towards Insteon products (once we have some in stock).
The free access period for everyone without a subscription is scheduled to end August 1, 2022.
Here is the link to subscribe: www.insteon.com/store
Thank you and we sincerely hope that you will decide to continue supporting Insteon!
Ken
CEO, Insteon Technologies
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Ed.Kloonk:
https://iotpodcast.com/2022/08/episode-383-meet-insteons-new-ceo/
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