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UnAutomating the Economy: More Labor but at What Cost?

https://www.greshm.org/blog/unautomating-the-economy/
1•Suncho•6m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Gettorr – Stream magnet links in the browser via WebRTC (no install)

https://gettorr.com/
1•BenaouidateMed•7m ago•0 comments

Statin drugs safer than previously thought

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2026/statin-drugs-safer-than-previously-thought
1•stareatgoats•9m ago•0 comments

Handy when you just want to distract yourself for a moment

https://d6.h5go.life/
1•TrendSpotterPro•10m ago•0 comments

More States Are Taking Aim at a Controversial Early Reading Method

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/more-states-are-taking-aim-at-a-controversial-early-read...
1•lelanthran•12m ago•0 comments

AI will not save developer productivity

https://www.infoworld.com/article/4125409/ai-will-not-save-developer-productivity.html
1•indentit•17m ago•0 comments

How I do and don't use agents

https://twitter.com/jessfraz/status/2019975917863661760
1•tosh•23m ago•0 comments

BTDUex Safe? The Back End Withdrawal Anomalies

1•aoijfoqfw•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Compile-Time Vibe Coding

https://github.com/Michael-JB/vibecode
5•michaelchicory•28m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Ensemble – macOS App to Manage Claude Code Skills, MCPs, and Claude.md

https://github.com/O0000-code/Ensemble
1•IO0oI•31m ago•1 comments

PR to support XMPP channels in OpenClaw

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/9741
1•mickael•32m ago•0 comments

Twenty: A Modern Alternative to Salesforce

https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty
1•tosh•33m ago•0 comments

Raspberry Pi: More memory-driven price rises

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/
1•calcifer•39m ago•0 comments

Level Up Your Gaming

https://d4.h5go.life/
1•LinkLens•43m ago•1 comments

Di.day is a movement to encourage people to ditch Big Tech

https://itsfoss.com/news/di-day-celebration/
3•MilnerRoute•44m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI generated personal affirmations playing when your phone is locked

https://MyAffirmations.Guru
4•alaserm•45m ago•3 comments

Show HN: GTM MCP Server- Let AI Manage Your Google Tag Manager Containers

https://github.com/paolobietolini/gtm-mcp-server
1•paolobietolini•46m ago•0 comments

Launch of X (Twitter) API Pay-per-Use Pricing

https://devcommunity.x.com/t/announcing-the-launch-of-x-api-pay-per-use-pricing/256476
1•thinkingemote•46m ago•0 comments

Facebook seemingly randomly bans tons of users

https://old.reddit.com/r/facebookdisabledme/
1•dirteater_•48m ago•1 comments

Global Bird Count Event

https://www.birdcount.org/
1•downboots•48m ago•0 comments

What Is Ruliology?

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/01/what-is-ruliology/
2•soheilpro•50m ago•0 comments

Jon Stewart – One of My Favorite People – What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44uC12g9ZVk
2•consumer451•52m ago•0 comments

P2P crypto exchange development company

1•sonniya•1h ago•0 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
2•jesperordrup•1h ago•0 comments

Write for Your Readers Even If They Are Agents

https://commonsware.com/blog/2026/02/06/write-for-your-readers-even-if-they-are-agents.html
1•ingve•1h ago•0 comments

Knowledge-Creating LLMs

https://tecunningham.github.io/posts/2026-01-29-knowledge-creating-llms.html
1•salkahfi•1h ago•0 comments

Maple Mono: Smooth your coding flow

https://font.subf.dev/en/
1•signa11•1h ago•0 comments

Sid Meier's System for Real-Time Music Composition and Synthesis

https://patents.google.com/patent/US5496962A/en
1•GaryBluto•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Slop News – HN front page now, but it's all slop

https://dosaygo-studio.github.io/hn-front-page-2035/slop-news
7•keepamovin•1h ago•1 comments

Show HN: Empusa – Visual debugger to catch and resume AI agent retry loops

https://github.com/justin55afdfdsf5ds45f4ds5f45ds4/EmpusaAI
1•justinlord•1h ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Apple HomeKit – The Long Con

https://www.naut.ca/blog/2025/08/29/apple-homekit-the-long-con/
50•rubatuga•4mo ago

Comments

dewey•4mo ago
For me Apple services only make sense of you go all-in, only the you’ll get the benefits.

In that case why not use an open solution like home assistant?

tylerflick•4mo ago
Why not both? Home Assistant integrates with Homekit.
alistairSH•4mo ago
This is my setup. HomeAssistant on a Beelink mini PC bridged to HomeKit. HomeKit is only there for voice control (via HomePod Minis). The hardware is mostly z-wave, plus the hub running Debian (HomeAssistant in a container).
petesergeant•4mo ago
tldr as it seems to be being hugged to death:

> Back in 2019, I started my journey of self-hosting iCloud and disconnecting from Apple services. Despite a few inconveniences, I am quite content with the level of customization, privacy, and ownership my self-hosted services provide. At the time I was happy that HomeKit, unlike all the alternatives such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa, did not require iCloud or the need to round-trip to their servers. ... Apple now wants to lock down your HomeKit devices to an iCloud account.

simondotau•4mo ago
It may be tempting to frame this in an nefarious way. I think it’s far more likely that support for HomeKit without iCloud was never formally defined. Earlier teams tasked with developing HomeKit probably had some pride in their work and developed it with as few dependencies as possible, whereas I say no evidence of pride in any recent Apple software development.

Right now, I’m typing this on my iPhone in Safari, and the dark keyboard overlay has a rounded edge which is different to the rounded edge of the light grey background (and of the phone screen itself). It looks like amateur hour. I see no evidence of pride in anything Apple has made recently.

mcsniff•4mo ago
> It's clear that Apple is telling their users that the physical home appliances we own are no longer fully ours.

Then you never really owned them.

simondotau•4mo ago
You never owned the software, you only have a license. I want to know why this can be widely understood, and yet we all act surprised when it turns out we don’t “control” software which nobody promised us any control over in the first place.
mcsniff•4mo ago
It's like default allow vs default deny. We know one is "safer" but everyone should have the choice.

Some people prefer to default allow and then they come up against a problem, decide to deny or continue allow.

Some people prefer default deny and when they come up against a problem, decide to allow or continue deny.

Start off using iCloud, become aware of problem, make a decision to try and self-host. Default allow, IMO.

pseudocomposer•4mo ago
I’m amazed that we’d been able to run HomePods without an Apple/iCloud account for a decade!

It seems like we’d do better to positively support products like that though, rather than not buy them and then only complain when they rework their products and get rid of the privacy features the market doesn’t seem to care about.

(I realize I’m conflating the OP and the market at large a bit here, but from Apple’s perspective they’re both just “the market.” I think he should have the ability to downgrade his equipment to a version that doesn’t require iCloud, though.)

bitpush•4mo ago
Waiting for the day when Apple Intelligence starts to work with all the "we don't have access to your data, even if we wanted to" data.

It's coming, and lots of HN commenters are gonna be confused with Apples hypocrisy.

rcarmo•4mo ago
This is kind of misguided since Apple isn't taking control of your devices -- you can use alternative HomeKit Home apps just fine without logging in.

(I run homebridge and hack my own HomeKit devices, FWIW)

What has happened is that iCloud is now required for syncing settings across devices _and_ being able to tunnel back to your Apple TV/HomePod (whatever is your home hub) and control things remotely - which is not quite how the article puts it.

alistairSH•4mo ago
Same, I have (mostly) z-wave devices with a mini Beelink PC as the hub. Then use Homebridge (via HomeAssistant) to bridge to HomeKit. Works fine and I can ditch HomeKit in the future should the need arise. Of course, I’ve had an iCloud account the whole time because I use it for other things (cloud backup, photos, etc).
sgt•4mo ago
Correct. For what it's worth, I also run Homebridge and a couple HomeKit devices. Ability to access some devices including cameras via HomeKit and through the Apple TV is a great thing. No setup needed.
drcongo•4mo ago
Same. I thought this article was going to be about how Apple have done basically nothing to the Home app beyond it getting a new skin with each OS release. It's such a dog of an app now.
rubatuga•4mo ago
I believe Apple is deprecating HomeKit v1, so no I wouldn't be able to use other iOS apps. Unless you're telling me I should setup home assistant and then control that from my phone, I agree it's an option, but has the added hassle of having yet another home hub, my current setup was nice since it was a direct connection from phone to device.
unsnap_biceps•4mo ago
Of course you still can, the apps just need to be updated to the latest HomeKit SDK version. The v2 update has been in the wild for years now.

And this does nothing to the hub support for third party devices. They'll work on V2 just the same as V1. All V2 does is update how the iCloud specific data is synced between devices and it's format to support larger homes better.

fuzzy2•4mo ago
Eh. I feel TFA is a little overblown. It is not the devices (a physical thing with software) that are upgraded, it is the Apple Home instance (a purely virtual/software thing) that changes.

Personally, I use HomeKit with Home Assistant as the "backend" and it's working fine. HomeKit can see and act on exactly what I need it to.

Havoc•4mo ago
This is why I shoot for a pretty clean FOSS stack on self hosting. Or at least things I know I can move easily.

Not because my surname is stallman but rather if I’m going through the hassle of DIY then it needs to be durable and independent

aynyc•4mo ago
I honestly don't understand the surprised sentiment in the blog. Are we that naive to think that Apple/XXX won't do this?
syntaxing•4mo ago
While this sucks, HomeKit is definitely the best smart system out there in terms of balance of privacy and convenience. They allow you to use “unofficial” bridges so I just have home assistant tied into HomeKit so everything is in my iPhone without an additional app.
rubatuga•4mo ago
Interesting! Would you be able to share a guide?
_rutinerad•4mo ago
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homekit_controlle...
syntaxing•4mo ago
Not much to it but this guide is great. Essentially you get a QR code from home assistant, scan it with your iPhone and all supported devices will show up in HomeKit.

https://pimylifeup.com/home-assistant-homekit/

Fokamul•4mo ago
You don't own iPhone, Apple owns it. You only lease it for one-time payment.

Easy to check if you own any device, flash your own OS/firmware into it. ;-)

xela79•4mo ago
wait... did this guy buy Apple products and expect it not the be a walled garden? wut? under what rock is he living
mingus88•4mo ago
Not only did he expect it, but he successfully did it and it was supported.

Did you not read the article?

HomeKit devices do not lock you into Apple in any way. This is just apparently a change in the Home app, which is not a requirement to use HomeKit devices.