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The internet is down... well, if you use AWS services it would appear to be true.

Things such as Alexa (now working again?), Ring, etc are either slow or not responding whilst they try to get things running again

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[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Today my wife realized that all this random computer shit I do is actually kinda useful. πŸ˜†

[–] grauzone@social.tchncs.de 13 points 2 weeks ago

@paequ2 @Cyber We had a local internet outage (provider equipment) and I couldn't get in touch with my neighbor because the doorbell didn't work because of thatπŸ˜ƒ
Knocking at the window helped, though.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This only proves that we much let all the internet businesses consolidate into one single corporation so that everyone gets equally screwed something fails. /s

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

That's the equality we get nowadays

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My lights and motion sensors were obviously unaffected (HomeAssistant). My Emporia Vue2 power monitor would possibly have stopped working, except I flashed it with ESPHome firmware, so it's local only, and of course it was fine. My security cameras (Frigate) were also fine.

If my smart home devices are going to stop working, it will almost certainly be my fault, thank you very much!

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ring, etc are either slow or not responding

Nice.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh, mine seems to have no recording gaps - I can scroll through the last couple of days to count how many dogs shit on my lawn. I didn’t need that this morning, LoL

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

My doorbell was out for a few hours yesterday. Pretty dumb. I'm replacing my Ring shit though, I've got a Frigate NVR set up and am working on getting a reliable stream from local wifi cameras... Can't exactly run new cable drops wherever I want in a rental.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've slowly removed all cloud dependency from things in my home including cameras, appliances, and thermostat, and didn't even notice the outage. After this year's tsunami of dumpster fires it's nice to watch one pass us by.