How IFTTT Pro Will RUIN The Smart Home Industry

This is an Update to my previous video, because IFTTT haven't just ruined their own platform, their new Pricing plan will ruin the Smart Home Industry forever. They recently announced that if you join now it will be $1.99 p/m forever. This is still not good enough.

IFTTT released IFTTT Pro a a week or so ago for the ridiculous price of $9.99 per month, but have now taken a small step back, unfortunately this step is meaningless. I was asked my opinion on this change, so here it is!

You have already bought products that came with "works with IFTTT" stamped on the box and in my opinion what that means shouldn't change AFTER you bought the product. You already paid for IFTTT when you bought those devices, and they should remain in place for the lifetime of those devices.

If you're wondering does this affect Alexa and Google Home, the answer is not yet. BUT... this does still affect you. Even if you don't currently use IFTTT you will soon discover that as your smart home grows you will want to find ways to integrate 3rd party products such as Philips Hue, Lifx, Ring, Broadlink, Lightwave RF and any other Smart Home service provider.

This video also contains some more alternatives than my previous video. Samsung Smartthings is a great alternative for noobies with no monthly fee, and Hubitat is Smartthings on steroids if you're looking for an IFTTT alternative that has some more nerd chic.

If you're looking for an easy to implement local IFTTT alternative then Home assistant is a great local solution and is really easy to get up and running:

Raspberry Pi Starter kit:
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My introduction to Home Assistant: https://youtu.be/WGiFUpiYjEE

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