[xur17]

> Stop buying smart bulbs. It’s an absolutely horrible idea from beginning to end. What people want is a way to switch a lamp on and off. For that you need a smart switch. For it to work you can’t have a dumb switch in your wall first - because when the dumb switch is in the “off” position, the smart lightbulb doesn’t work!

While I agree, a large part of the challenge is that people live in apartment buildings, where replacing light switches is out of the question, but replacing lightbulbs is doable. I personally use smart bulbs for exactly this reason.

That said, if I had a house I would either:

* use smart switches

* use smart switches + smart bulbs

[tedivm]

This also ignores a huge reason for having these bulbs in the first place- the ability to dim or change their colors. As someone who gets migraines having the ability to turn off white and blue light at will is pretty life changing.