This is great news. I’m so excited that I’m going to vote twice!

I will sin without repentance and gladly endure whatever hell awaits me rather than abide this tyranny.

I haven’t connected any appliances to my network, but I may try Zigbee.

I’m not optimistic about the future of home appliances. Without stronger privacy protections, there’s little stopping manufacturers from adding cellular modems to avoid the need for wi-fi to collect and transmit user data, with features/usability locked behind accepting ToS.