I used IFTTT for a while to manage smart sockets. Then I moved to the Home Assistant.
Works better and doesn't require monthly payment. Just one time purchase of hardware.
It was unnecessarily complex to setup tho, because producers lock down their hardware to their closed cloud. Then they demand monthly payments because they have "ongoing cost", that shouldn't exist in the first place (IFTTT mentioned api fees of various producers as main reason for more aggressive monetization).
I'm happy to pay for a product. I'm not going to pay company that constructs closed ecosystem just because it allows to extract monthly fee from me.
I think HA combined with something like Node Red would actually solve OP's question. Only thing being it's still a more techy thing than a polished "drop-in" thing.
dzikimarian|2 years ago
Works better and doesn't require monthly payment. Just one time purchase of hardware.
It was unnecessarily complex to setup tho, because producers lock down their hardware to their closed cloud. Then they demand monthly payments because they have "ongoing cost", that shouldn't exist in the first place (IFTTT mentioned api fees of various producers as main reason for more aggressive monetization).
I'm happy to pay for a product. I'm not going to pay company that constructs closed ecosystem just because it allows to extract monthly fee from me.
user_7832|2 years ago