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How bad business broke the smart home

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How bad business broke the smart home

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Free_Physics@alien.topB to Home Automation@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

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Why did your smart garage door opener stop working? A contract expired.

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I could not agree more. Home automation regulation brought to you from the makers of the Patriot Act. No thanks. If you thought Alexa was bad before.

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