What are your Cloudflare metrics for unique visitors? I'd be very curious how it compares to your billing in Deflect.

I run a small Lemmy instance and I'm showing an insane 5M unique visitors per month. I'm sure that's mega-inflated by federations or bots though. If Deflect charged me for even a fraction of that I'd be bankrupted.

I mean digital wallets at least can't really be accessed by someone taking your phone.

It's default installers aren't as newbie friendly IMO. And the defaults/theming are a bit bland out of the box.

Your boss called and said I had to ban you, sorry.

Netcup. And yeah, I know.

I want my server somewhat near me. If I could find a decently priced Canadian provider it would be nice, but I may eventually end up just getting a European server...

I'm waiting on maybe a deal for an OVH VPS in Canada. I'd pull the trigger on one now but I want 500GB of NVME and they only offer 300GB in the price tier I want. The server is getting close to 300GB as-is.

I haven't gone to Publix in a long time. Winn-Dixie actually seems to have gotten better post-Aldi buyout. I stick to them or Aldi if I can help it.

Welcome to the club!

It's gonna be a long wait. Hopefully we get some new info soon.

And in many others.

Do not make me come over there and pat your head.

Brand/model isn't important.

You'll need a HomeAsstant controller. You can buy one premade or you can look up tutorials and make your own with a raspberry pi or old laptop or PC. Then you'll need a ZigBee controller, this is a radio that will talk to your smart lights and other accessories.

You then get ZigBee compatible lights. Phillips Hue is the top of the line but so stupidily expensive I'd never recommend it. Innr makes good ones at half the cost. ThirdReality makes decent ones too for even cheaper.

You'll probably also want some ZigBee switches to have physical controls for your lights instead of just by phone. They make models that replace your actual light switches. Or, if you rent like me and can't modify that, you can get battery powered ones that stick on the wall. Battery life is like a year or more so not too bad.

That'll do it. You can also use HomeAssistant now that you've got it. It's a home automation software that's open source and locally controlled. You can hook up much more than your lights. Smart plugs, your TV, 3D printer, fans, cameras, tons of sensors, your thermostat, robovac, etc. Then make automations that connect them. For example my living room ZigBee switch, one press up toggles the main lights. Double press for the lamp. Hold down and it turns off all lights and the TV. Some lights like my closet light are controlled by a door sensor instead of a switch, so they come on automatically. Some people prefer motion sensors so all lights are automatic. Turn off stuff automatically when you leave, etc.

I love my smart lights for this. I can change them at my whim. By default they're brighter and whiter during the day, slowly moving dimmer and yellow after sunset. Or I can make them whatever other color but I do that pretty rarely.

It's also fully offline and no WiFi used. But it seems almost everything you see in the stores are WiFi bulbs you have to get an app for, where one day they might go bankrupt and suddenly your lights dont work. Or the internet goes out. Yuck.