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		jliptzin on Jan 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LG washing machine sending 3.7GB of data a day This is the best approach, if you can do it. Keep the devices dumb and add in whatever modules you need on top to make them as "smart" as you want them to be.

whstl on Jan 13, 2024 [–]

Some Ikea stuff does it halfway. Local-only Zigbee, so it's not exactly dumb, but if you want to go online you can buy a gateway.

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