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Home Assistant Renames Cloud Service To Home Assistant Link Amid Anti-Big Tech Stance

Founder Paulus Schoutsen states the platform is rebranding its cloud offering to distance itself from big tech companies.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 2 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 2 Oct 2026. The Verge published first, on 2 October at 13:02 UTC; Hacker News followed 1h 55m later. The most recent article, from Hacker News, appeared on 2 October at 14:57 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: The Verge (major outlet), Hacker News.

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  1. Home Assistant says ‘Big tech ruined the cloud, so we’re out’ The Verge ·
  2. Big Tech ruined the cloud, so we're renaming ours Hacker News

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  • Home Assistant
  • Paulus Schoutsen
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