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This is the best summary I could come up with:
After launching a new security system last month and finally making good on its promise to support Matter, the company is now requiring users to sign up for a Hue account to use its app.
Signify has a page on its site with details on what benefits you get from an account, but I reached out to find out why this change was being made and exactly what it means for your devices and data.
“What we will over time change is that if you want to have an overview and to manage which applications and users have access to your Hue system, you will need to be logged into your account,” says Yianni.
This is good news for people who have or plan to have more than 50 lights and accessories (the current limit on existing bridges), as it will make it easier to expand their system.
If you don't want to sign up for an account, you can still circumnavigate the Hue app by directly integrating the bridge (and its connected accessories) into a platform such as Apple Home.
In both of these cases, you lose the features of the Hue app, such as scenes and automations, but you can control the lights locally in your home with no cloud integration and no need to create an account.
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Actual physical security that requires people to be admitted into your home before they can manage your config is somehow inadequate? Compared to a fucking clowd scheme it's so much better.
I have a friend with a bushel of hue bulbs in her garage, having swapped dozens for something less enshittified. They're going to the landfill. She's never touching the hue line again and regrets spending any money with them in the past. THAT's what that means. It's okay if they die.
It's probably a logistical issue, not a basement security issue. It sounds like they're implementing something like an OAuth API for integrations that operate outside your house, and you use the account for managing or deauthorizing those integrations.