I mean, the logical step is to go to Debian sid, which, despite its alternative name unstable, is really not. I’ve been running a gaming rig on it for over a year with nothing more than vey vey minor hiccups, mostly because I’m impatient and run apt full-upgrade frequently.
There’s Qubino Z-Wave devices, and some Bluetooth ones though my experience with those has been a bit dubious. And integration outside of their own ecosystem is still via WiFi (except for sensor beacons which are BLE).
The issue was that using the old mechanical switch would shut down the router in the bulbs. A relay absolutely solves that.
In any case, it seems to be possible to use a Shelly RGBW2 in CCT mode. Here’s an example of how to do it in Home Assistant’s native Shelly integration though OP says there’s also tutorials around showing how to do it via MQTT.
Another commenter posted an article from over 5 years ago with something close to what you describe, but I don’t think they’d be reacting now to something that happened that long ago.
“Alleged?” What game are you playing here, Guardian?
This must be the most well documented attempted coup in the history of world politics. Not just a coup, but also (ongoing) plans to assassinate the President elect, the Vice-President elect and a Supreme Court justice.
Very well, I will give you the benefit of the doubt one last time.
I don’t know what backups you’re talking about
On an iPhone, Settings -> Apple Account -> iCloud -> iCloud Backup -> Back Up This iPhone.
backing up the entire device and everything that’s on it including all the apps?
That's not how it works. App binaries are not backed up as part of this. Neither are photos if they're already backed up as part of iCloud Photos (though still part of iCloud).
One of the major advantages of using this kind of backup is that I never worry that I'm going to be without my access to my bank. Even if my phone is lost or stolen, worse comes to worse I can restore the backup on a new phone and all encryption keys, biometrics authorisations, OTP, etc. are restored with it.
On the other hand, I have ways to store all the photos, videos, music, texts, and any other things like that which might need backing up and can’t just be re-downloaded from the app store.
"I have ways" is not the same as there being an iCloud alternative. You may have ways. Does the average user, without having to go through hoops and likely getting lost in the process? That's what an iCloud alternative has to look like to be an actual alternative.
I agree, if you’re using something like Logic, paying for iCloud makes sense right now even if it is overpriced and unnecessary.
This last point alone shows how much you don't seem to understand what the problem statement is. Using iCloud may be unnecessary, but that was never under discussion. Of course, no one needs automatic and transparent syncing between devices. The point is that if you want that feature and you're using an Apple device, your only alternative is locked down to what Apple offers.
That is what it means to not exist an alternative to iCloud.
I hope this helps clarify. If you are going to respond, please keep this last point in mind as that's the part that's important.
Why did you simply gloss over backups? But it’s not just that, there’s all kinds of files and documents.
Sure, if you use very little synced data and the free tier suits you, then you don’t need to pay.
That’s not the same as not needing to pay for iCloud. What you’re saying is that people don’t need to keep their data synced across devices but that should really be a user choice and not mandated by the platform.
What I’d like is for Apple to publish the iCloud API specs and allow 3rd-parties to offer alternative services that you configure somewhere in Settings.
Ideally, there would be a self-hosted option where you can simply point it to an arbitrary URL but I suspect the latter will never happen “because security”.
Of course, that last point is only really valid if their promise of E2E encryption is not more than a promise.
Bath water … baby ?
I mean, the logical step is to go to Debian
sid, which, despite its alternative nameunstable, is really not. I’ve been running a gaming rig on it for over a year with nothing more than vey vey minor hiccups, mostly because I’m impatient and runapt full-upgradefrequently.