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Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud
(www.home-assistant.io)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Indeed I've never even installed the hue app, always assumed it was just a zigbee thing anyway. The hardware is just a basic zigbee bulb.
Mostly I've been moving to using the ikea ones though as they're much cheaper.