I'm not sure what to make of this with my current Hub Protect Subscription. [image] Coming Soon: Backup Plus (local) loudspeakerAnnouncements Your smart home runs locally—soon your automated backups will, too. In the next update we are introducing a new servic…

Thank you everyone for your feedback and support. I have a quick update: [11719] [image] Coming Soon: Backup Plus (local) loudspeakerAnnouncements Your smart home runs locally—soon your automated backups will, too. In the next update we are introducing a new…

Good decision. Needing to pay a monthly subscription for a completely local function of the hub seemed like an odd decision. It was giving me vibes of BMW selling a subscription to let you turn on the heated seats that are already installed in your car.

Thank you @bobbyD and @Hubitat_Staff !!!! As always, you've gone above and beyond!!! Truly appreciated.

[image] dennypage: I'm very glad to see this update Thank you for making your point very clearly @dennypage . I'm sure it was much appreciated by all!

WHERE is the "freaking awesome" emoji

If I'm being honest, I feel a bit scammed about having to pay for the ability to turn on a button in my UI do local zwave backups. Is it just me? This is basic and free functionality offered by the zwave-js platform on all other hubs that I know of that use it

Doesn’t the new local backup service include zigbee as well?

[image] a.mcdear: I feel a bit scammed about having to pay for the ability I mean, I guess they could have just not spent the time adding in the code, ui, additional parsing and validation checks that go above and beyond the zwave js backup code, etc, and not given the ability at all. …

HAHAHA!!! As someone that has been in I.T. for most 4 decades now, This scenario is very common and I bet the HE powers that be have metrics that show this is a fairly prominent issue. Though there are a number of us that know how to Tinker and make things "work", the combo for the novice that would…

I would just note that this post was not about cost, though some comments may have gone that way. It was really just about how the new Backup Plus was being packaged, and how it impacted Hub Protect Subscribers when both Cloud and Local are not needed together. Good points though! I think their pr…

I just started to look into this topic and I really have to ask why even charge an annual fee to create local back ups? This feature exists already. Yes, I understand now that the distinction is the ability to include the radio/nvm information in the backup. So now the details become: Partial Bac…

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