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Accessibility tip:

If you want to automate your home a bit, but you don’t want any “smart” tech, you can just buy remote controlled power sockets instead

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  • They are a lot cheaper and easier to set up and use than some home automation smart tech nonsense
  • They don’t need an app (but some models come with optional apps and there are apps that are compatible with most of these)
  • Many of them use the 433mhz frequency to communicate, which makes most models compatible with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers
  • The tech has been around for a long time and will be around for a long time to come
  • You don’t have to put any fucking corporate listening devices like an amazon echo in your home
  • Models for outdoors exist as well

[Image: Five electrical outlet enhancers accompanied by two remotes; each of the remotes has ten buttons: Two for each outlet (one on, one off).]

Cannot express enough my love for these. My entire apartment is on five circuits, controlled by two duplicate remotes. I can turn off the living room lights from my bed, if I forget, without getting up. And no apps needing so nothing to hack or spy on you.