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I was able to do this with my TCL/Roku TV a few months back. My curiosity got the best of me with the announcement of their latest OS, so I upgraded to see what the new features were like. Now I am stuck in the ecosystem, as the downgrade feature is completely disabled (even from a USB stick, with no internet connection, after a factory reset). Luckily, I use a Pihole as my DNS on my router, but still. Super annoying.

Or Ruby Receptionists: https://www.ruby.com/

From a Reddit comment: "The home assistant tp-link integration already makes use of the local api connecting to the devices. I'd definitely recommend using a reserved dhcp address and specifying the devices in your ha config (not using auto discovery)."

I use Pi-hole (https://pi-hole.net) to block my Roku TV from sending out analytics (and from displaying ads).

There's also Homebridge/HOOBS, if you want to link 3rd-party IoT devices to Apple Homekit. Many of the plugins run locally.

Homebridge: https://homebridge.io HOOBS: https://hoobs.org

*vulnerable

It's a lot nicer importing and exporting photos with Amazon Prime Photos. Google Takeout is a nightmare to use.

The full-size photos are still compressed, unfortunately. And Google Photos turns Live Photos into 2-3 sec video files, which destroyed a huge chunk of my photo library when I made the switch to iCloud Photo Library.

Is this an ad for Sleepio?

Idk. I prefer AM's recommendations, integration with ATV4K, HomePods, lyrics, music videos, separation of music and podcasts, and audio fidelity.

And don't forget the incredible film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche,_New_York

It really depends on what devices you use. For example, I have Homebridge set up on a Raspberry Pi to link my array of unsupported 'smart' devices to Apple's Homekit. I tried using Home Assistant (Hassio), but found the lack of support for several brands a dealbreaker. I wish the dev communities communicated more, between the two.

It's frustrating, but utilizing old.reddit.com / Reddit Enhancement Suite (https://redditenhancementsuite.com/) goes a long way in making it a more enjoyable experience.

May I recommend avoiding large, reflective bodies of water.

There's a fantastic free tool called RansomWhere by Objective-See that I use to monitor the rapid creation of encrypted files on my Mac. It notifies me from time to time during installation processes that something possibly malicious is going on.

Link: https://objective-see.com/products/ransomwhere.html

Some folks are raising the headboard end of their beds a few inches for improved nocturnal glyphic drainage - something coined as "inclined bed therapy."

RSS.

I've made the switch to invidio.us, which let me import my subscriptions from YouTube. I love that you can switch out YT comments for Reddit comments, as well as the minimalistic appearance in general.

I'm on Mint Mobile (an MVNO of T-Mobile), and my bill is $15/person. Just switched from Fi.

I would highly recommend ProtonMail, Tutanota, Fastmail, or CripText. You can use Google Takeout to create an mbox file of your inbox, fwiw.

Not Google Voice?

Really? I've been sharing Google Photos / iCloud Photo Library albums with my friends family for years, and even my technically-inept relatives have had no trouble liking or commenting on them, all without the need for Facebook.

Marco Polo is another somewhat popular app for this.