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MiddleEndian on April 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV

Why give your TV and light bulbs network access in the first place?

Havoc on April 15, 2022 [–]

They need to be on the LAN so that Home Assistant can talk to them for automation.

They're firewalled off & the call home address is blocked on pihole

No TV in my case.

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