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Philips has backed down over its plan to keep out third-party bulbs from its Hue smart lighting system:
Dutch electronics giant Philips has been forced into an embarrassing U-turn over its plans to lock out third-party suppliers of light bulbs for its Hue smart lighting system. [...] Philips' customers have staged a very noisy protest at the move and the firm has backed down. In a statement on the Hue Facebook page, Philips gave a somewhat ungracious explanation about why it had reversed its earlier decision.
"We recently upgraded the software for Philips Hue to ensure the best seamless connected lighting experience for our customers. This change was made in good faith," Philips said. "However, we under-estimated the impact this would have on a small number of customers who use lights from other brands which could not be controlled by the Philips Hue software. In view of the sentiment expressed by our customers, we have decided to reverse the software upgrade so that lights from other brands continue to work as they did before with the Philips Hue system."
Previously: Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out Of 3rd-Party Bulbs With Firmware Update
(Score: 1, Redundant) by Hyperturtle on Thursday December 17 2015, @09:06PM
intra. home intranet, or just a home network. (these things are grating to my psyche, sort of like how its "Mordor" with a "d"...) internet is interconnecting networks that are combined somehow--via multiple routers not under your control, marketing hopes, dreams, promises of ponies, onhubs, personal information you didnt opt out of sharing, etc. A home intranet has none of those things, unless you use your ISP hardware exclusively, but even then you wouldn't get a pony.
If you have an internet in your home, I would like to visit to see it. And don't you dare tell me its a wireless internet!
next, I'll be an insensitive cloud for correcting the term!
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday December 17 2015, @09:17PM
Shoot me for forgetting the 's... "your home's Internet [connection]", hence the Timbuktu line. "protocols and stacks and queues" could have been perceived as an indicator that I know what an internet thingy kinda is.
Sure you could keep your bulbs only on your intranet, but "they" tell you how great it is to control it truly remotely, a bit like you can unlock and start your car from Ouagadougou.
Anyway, your useless comment didn't answer my point about standby waste.
(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Friday December 18 2015, @12:34AM
modded to 1!
I guess I *was* an insensitive cloud.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 19 2015, @07:12PM
internet is interconnecting networks that are combined somehow
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
internet
(Note: not capitalised) Any set of networks
interconnected with {routers}. The {Internet} is the biggest
example of an internet.
I'm not the GP, but given those definitions, I do have separate, connected networks in my house. In other words, I do have a home internet ( -obligatory: you insensitive clod- ;) )