Home Assistant renames its cloud service, citing frustration with 'big tech'
Founder Paulus Schoutsen says Home Assistant Cloud is becoming Home Assistant Link because 'we hate clouds.'
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The open-source smart home platform Home Assistant is distancing itself from the term "cloud," at least in name, by rebranding its cloud service.
Home Assistant Cloud is being renamed Home Assistant Link, according to founder Paulus Schoutsen, who said the change reflects the company's view that "big tech ruined the cloud, so we're out."
Schoutsen's comments, made in an interview ahead of the announcement, frame the renaming as a statement about the broader smart home industry's reliance on cloud infrastructure controlled by large technology companies.
The move comes as Home Assistant continues to position itself as an open-source alternative within the smart home space, emphasizing local control and independence from the large cloud providers that dominate the sector.
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