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What happens when your cloud service just pulls the plug - Insteon gone
themadhippy:
--- Quote --- chances are once its outstanding taxes are paid the employees get some portion of their outstanding wages, and then that's it
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Dont forget the sneaky trick of an outstanding invoice for a large sum to a company that just happens to be owned by one of the directors relations
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: cdev on May 01, 2022, 08:27:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on May 01, 2022, 06:30:38 pm ---As I already said though, the easiest path is just not to use a cloud service if it's actually not needed, and favor local solutions.
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In the world of today cloud services are ALWAYS needed.. it seems to me.. ??
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Uh, no.
You certainly do not need cloud services to switch your lights on and off.
You do not need them for getting the temperature or RH inside your house.
You do not need them for using a fridge, an oven or whatever.
You do not even *need* them for storing your data.
The only cloud services you actually "need" is those services that you are forced to use and that are beyond your control. Fortunately, that's still the exception rather than the norm. (But let's not hold our breath...)
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on May 01, 2022, 11:21:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: cdev on May 01, 2022, 08:27:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on May 01, 2022, 06:30:38 pm ---As I already said though, the easiest path is just not to use a cloud service if it's actually not needed, and favor local solutions.
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In the world of today cloud services are ALWAYS needed.. it seems to me.. ??
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Uh, no.
You certainly do not need cloud services to switch your lights on and off.
You do not need them for getting the temperature or RH inside your house.
You do not need them for using a fridge, an oven or whatever.
You do not even *need* them for storing your data.
The only cloud services you actually "need" is those services that you are forced to use and that are beyond your control. Fortunately, that's still the exception rather than the norm. (But let's not hold our breath...)
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Home automation has existed long before the cloud or the internet/web as we know it.
Any decent home alarm system even allows home automation.
cdev:
--- Quote from: Towger on April 18, 2022, 12:48:53 pm ---Just thank your self luck they just control your lights etc. I have had a couple of customers on over the years, in a panic at the companies they used to host their back office (accounts, payroll, stock control etc) functions in the 'Cloud' suddenly decided to shut down.
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You can make almost any computer, including a very lightweight machine like a raspberry pi into a web server and implement your personal cloud box.. Just make sure it stays cool. Thin clients work well.. and take very liottle power.. Plus no surveillance, no google..I can esily wak you through setting up apache or nginx or a database server..
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: Nusa on April 26, 2022, 01:34:01 pm ---Should have just copied the other 2/3rd's of the text from the one-page pdf instead of making people look at it.
It basically says submit claims by Sept 18th if you want to chase whatever money you paid for their stuff.
Unwritten subtext is that the assets are insufficient, so expect pennies on the dollar if you get anything at all.
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As we say in Oz, "Down the gurgler"!
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