• Nommer@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I have a smart light switch I can’t use anymore because they updated the app to force you to make an account to use it and I refused since it worked fine for the last 3 years without them needing to sell my data.

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      1 year ago

      If the firmware on the switch hasn’t been updated to not function with old versions of the app why not just snag an old APK and use the old app version?

      At least as long as you own the thing, worth a shot

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        1 year ago

        I do believe it was. It was a TP Link smart switch and it routinely needed updates or else it wouldn’t work. The app was finicky as hell before and I don’t really care anymore for it since it’s main use was to turn on the bedroom lights automatically. But now I work 2nd shift so the sun is up anyway when I wake up. It works as a normal switch now.