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^ The summarization of this entire discussion in one line is poetic.



But it doesn’t replicate the actual features people want from smart lights which is

1. Turn them off and on from my phone, or voice assistant thing.

2. Changing the color and brightness of the lights.

3. Doing 1 and 2 automatically.

Having lights change from white to yellow automatically based on the time is something I don’t want to give up now.

It’s the switch that’s the real issue. If your switch was a panel with an on and off button that controlled the smart lights and your lights were plugged into a normal outlet there would be no problem. Consumer tech is trying to retrofit in an environment that hasn’t caught up to commercial lighting systems.


Your requirements are an order of magnitude more complex than what most people expect from room lights: lights on lights off.


When talking about smart lights? No. Your “solution” is simply ignoring the requirements.




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