I am trying to build my home with devices that can be disconnected from the cloud and still perform their duties. Since I do not want to be locked in, and at the mercy of the internet or the vendor, I started using tuyaconvert to get rid of the tuya firmware and use mqtt directly. So far so good but…
For some reason, Tuya does not like this and its always patching their firmware so we can’t change it. They even designed a new chip that will replace the esp8266 which will be impossible to flash.
Is there any device (switch / light) that is open from day 1? I have only found so far this brand: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001748770810.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.e26320bfHFy00v&algo_pvid=bf7a76ed-ec5e-4564-9f40-0f3fce44b202&algo_expid=bf7a76ed-ec5e-4564-9f40-0f3fce44b202-23&btsid=0b0a555816083347289922789e795d&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_ (ATHOM) but it’s not on Amazon and they do offer limited devices.
Thanks