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TIL my $40 smart lightbulb stopped working because the company went under
Bought a set of WiFi bulbs off Amazon last spring, and six months later the app stopped connecting. Called support and got a recording saying the company shut down, so now I have three dumb bulbs that won't even turn on manually. Has anyone else had a gadget brick itself because the maker vanished?
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the_sam2mo ago
Bet the companies that make these bulbs count on people just tossing them instead of fighting for a refund. Ever look into if you can flash custom firmware onto dead smart bulbs? Sometimes there's a community hacking them back to life.
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blairc902mo ago
Did you see that article about people reviving dead bulbs with open source firmware?
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