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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
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Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours (www.home-assistant.io)

submitted 3 days ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1374246

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 99 points 3 days ago (3 children)

HAC has problematic connotations, so we renamed it to HAL, which is 9000 times better.

[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I'm sorry Dave I'm afraid I can't do that"

[–] inari@piefed.zip 17 points 3 days ago

"You're absolutely right. Thank you for pushing back."

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

HAL, open the microwave door. Open the microwave door, HAL.

...HAL? HAL!!!!

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Still one step ahead of IBM!

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

From ever-increasing subscription prices to outages and data harvesting: we don’t like what the cloud has come to represent. So we’re redefining what an online service should be: private, optional, and free from lock-in or walled gardens.

That’s why today Nabu Casa is renaming Home Assistant Cloud to more accurately describe what the service actually does, and to better reflect our values. Allow us to introduce:

Home assistant link