I think it’s mostly to do with their advertising tactics and misleading people in what their service is actually doing.
They also had a data breach and did not handle it well.
Maybe there’s other stuff I don’t remember… I’ve never used them, I’ve been on Mullvad for some years now but considering proton next.
The lights we have definitely require the app and an account to get them to do anything other than solid white.
Thanks I will look into those products as well as Home Assistant. I’ve yet to pull the trigger on installing HA, I don’t have a lot of devices that have made me want to use it yet. We only have a couple Google speakers and Chromecasts.
Apparently it’s to detect nearby devices so that you don’t have to pair the traditional way.
The other thing that bothers me about these lights is they have a built in microphone that listens for music playing and can adjust the lights to match the music. I haven’t looked myself but some users on Reddit have posted about the amount of network activity with Govee cloud and Google Analytics being very high.
If I can isolate them from accessing the internet and connect through Home Assistant locally then I may keep them… These are sort of a trial run for future permanent Christmas/Occasion lights on the outside of the house.
Typically they still have performance issues though? I haven’t played on consoles since Xbox 360, other than the odd Nintendo game. I spent thousands of dollars on 360 and PS3 games and hardware and have none of it now. But my entire PC library is still playable.
I use an android device and my NAS is a Synology ds923. Jellyfin wasn’t nearly as smooth an experience for me as Plex was. I’m willing to switch to FOSS but it doesn’t seem as good yet…
Do you have an offsite backup? Or do you only backup specifics? Like 10-20% of that?
Which distro do you use?
Thanks for doing this!
I do use docker, I set up a docker account as well with selected permissions.
I do have a separate backup in a separate building that syncs the most important stuff.
It is backed up to a another drive that’s in a separate building. At least the most important stuff syncs.
Thanks for the reply. I have used VLC forever and here and there for casting. Mostly it’s my parents using Plex that I’m trying to simplify for them. Not sure if jellyfin would help them lol
How’s the android app and casting to Chromecast? If you know… I struggle the most with casting and controlling casted material as well as scrubbing while casting.
What is it that you all are documenting? I’m just getting started and have so far just set up docker and several containers (Plex, the *arrs, qbittorrent, gluetun) and not sure if I should be writing something down?
Thanks a lot. I have looked around and haven’t found anything like this… Maybe my search words weren’t the right ones.
Is there a chassis you know of that has similar dimensions to the DS923? I know it’s a strange concern but size is an issue for me.
I switched from PIA to Mullvad w/ Wireguard a few years ago. I use BTC to pay and you don’t need to supply an email or any info. They’ve been great for me.
Should’ve went for the full 2 decillion