turls Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 My initial impression is I pretty much have to do this for Chowmain's driver, thoughts? (That's ANOTHER recurring monthly cost) https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/10/21430265/ifttt-pro-subscriptions-free-controversy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Yes you do. But you can name your price .. Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, msgreenf said: Yes you do. But you can name your price .. Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk But it’s only for 1st year? Correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I thought it was as long as you kept paying that price stayed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 "Name your price" lowest amount allowed is $1.99. If I only had a handful of things--but I'm way past MRC fatigue... Yes, the article claims you only get that price for a year, but I think that is wrong. It's an indefinite amount of time that's allowed. EDIT: the article was probably right when it was published, but backlash seems to be pressuring IFTTT into adjusting the deal with the devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Crumbs, I had been ignoring all of the emails on this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Sorry IFTTT is garbage, I can’t have an action that takes 2 seconds to work, am an inpatient person ... I really hate cloud based solutions as well ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, turls said: "Name your price" lowest amount allowed is $1.99. If I only had a handful of things--but I'm way past MRC fatigue... Yes, the article claims you only get that price for a year, but I think that is wrong. It's an indefinite amount of time that's allowed. Indefinite amount of time that's it's valid, it's just not defined when (or if) it will change. Not quite the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 22 hours ago, Amr said: Sorry IFTTT is garbage, I can’t have an action that takes 2 seconds to work, am an inpatient person ... I really hate cloud based solutions as well ... And truly unfortunate there is still no integrated solution for geofencing. Now I have to buy IFTTT and the driver? I buy the driver to work around stuff C4 should be offering by now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 32 minutes ago, turls said: And truly unfortunate there is still no integrated solution for geofencing. Now I have to buy IFTTT and the driver? I buy the driver to work around stuff C4 should be offering by now... Try the basic free ifttt w paid driver. I don’t think you need the pro paid license for geofencing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 16 hours ago, eggzlot said: Try the basic free ifttt w paid driver. I don’t think you need the pro paid license for geofencing? They limit custom setup to like 3 different ones. Not enough for a family of 5 even for basics. That's why I'm asking here though, if I'm missing something, but I don't think I am. They already e-mailed and said I had more than 3 and would be deleting extra ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 So I have paid my 1.99 times 2 for 2 residences and the e-mail said they would honor my rate “forever”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 and it's really a question of do you think you are getting $2 a month in value from it...if you aren't then turn it off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, msgreenf said: and it's really a question of do you think you are getting $2 a month in value from it...if you aren't then turn it off... I don’t think I am but my payment proves that incorrect... Problem is that it will take forever to teach my wife to say “turn on/off blinds” instead of “trigger open/close blinds” and it is not intuitive. Unfortunately, we don’t have access to Alexa routines or I could probably manage around this! Summary: a grudge purpose with the aim of “happy wife...” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 If a happy wife only costs $2... Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk South Africa C4 user and Neo1738 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 38 minutes ago, msgreenf said: If a happy wife only costs $2... Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk Fair point... but 2 houses... 1 wife... makes it $4 per month... Still, a grudge purpose worth making! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 2 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said: I don’t think I am but my payment proves that incorrect... Problem is that it will take forever to teach my wife to say “turn on/off blinds” instead of “trigger open/close blinds” and it is not intuitive. Unfortunately, we don’t have access to Alexa routines or I could probably manage around this! Summary: a grudge purpose with the aim of “happy wife...” Is Pro anyway faster? Also why you don’t have access to Alexa? I don’t mind wasting $2 a month but on a good purchase and usage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 53 minutes ago, Amr said: Is Pro anyway faster? Also why you don’t have access to Alexa? I don’t mind wasting $2 a month but on a good purchase and usage We have Alexa, but not the App (not available in South Africa) so we have to use the web interface which does not have Alexa Routines. I don’t think IFTTT pro is any faster. This is simply monetizing IFTTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 We have Alexa, but not the App (not available in South Africa) so we have to use the web interface which does not have Alexa Routines. I don’t think IFTTT pro is any faster. This is simply monetizing IFTTT.But u can always setup a US Account and download all US apps, it’s not a big deal but I can’t live without it, I also have Alexa Auto and it’s great with BMW iDrive infotainment ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 17 minutes ago, Amr said: But u can always setup a US Account and download all US apps, it’s not a big deal but I can’t live without it, I also have Alexa Auto and it’s great with BMW iDrive infotainment ... Agreed... I must try that at some stage... In theory, I should be able to change my country of residence to the USA on my normal account... but can’t do that without cancelling Apple Music... definitely need to try your way some time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 15 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said: Agreed... I must try that at some stage... In theory, I should be able to change my country of residence to the USA on my normal account... but can’t do that without cancelling Apple Music... definitely need to try your way some time! No need to do that, just create a new account with a new email for a US account and use this account to download US apps, I also have Apple Music but I guess my account was always US and I use Egypt Account for very few local apps ... South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Amr said: No need to do that, just create a new account with a new email for a US account and use this account to download US apps, I also have Apple Music but I guess my account was always US and I use Egypt Account for very few local apps ... Thanks @Amr - I took the plunge this morning and it was relatively easy! Took me 15 minutes to get the Amazon App and another 2 hours to create voice scenes and routines to replace 28 IFTTT triggers. Now I need to find out how to stop my subscription to IFTTT pro and train my wife to say “Alexa, close blinds” and not “Alexa, trigger close blinds”... I must say @jfh was right. He has been saying (for a couple of years) that Alexa routines add great value and I can see that now that I have them - suspect I will be doing lots of playing over the next week or two. Interestingly, IFTTT stopped working with the Chowmain driver when I upgraded to Pro. I will need to figure this issue out as I have 2 IFTTT triggers that have nothing to do with Alexa which I want to keeps. As this is less than the 3 allowed for IFTTT standard, I should be saving money... jfh and Amr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 5 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: Thanks @Amr - I took the plunge this morning and it was relatively easy! Took me 15 minutes to get the Amazon App and another 2 hours to create voice scenes and routines to replace 28 IFTTT triggers. Now I need to find out how to stop my subscription to IFTTT pro and train my wife to say “Alexa, close blinds” and not “Alexa, trigger close blinds”... I must say @jfh was right. He has been saying (for a couple of years) that Alexa routines add great value and I can see that now that I have them suspect I will be doing lots of playing over the next week or two. Interestingly, IFTTT stopped working with the Chowmain driver when I upgraded to Pro. I will need to figure this issue out as I have 2 IFTTT triggers that have nothing to do with Alexa which I want to keeps. As this is less than the 3 allowed for IFTTT standard, I should be saving money... Way to go ... Have fun, can’t imagine u used IFTTT that much, I have it only to play with, had used it with Yeelight, Flick Buttons and Knocki, I hated it, can’t stand to push a button and the response comes in 2 seconds! I also hated Flicks and Knocki as well, all these gadgets are really garbage ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdepaola Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 IFTTT Pro doesn’t necessarily increase speed but “prioritizes” your applet... so could theoretically run faster then a non-pro user, until more people are on Pro. https://help.ifttt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010194247-Can-I-make-Applets-work-faster-Generally, for what I use it for, it works great. My main applet is geofencing to have our garage door open when we pull up in the car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 IFTTT Pro doesn’t necessarily increase speed but “prioritizes” your applet... so could theoretically run faster then a non-pro user, until more people are on Pro. https://help.ifttt.com/hc/en-us/articles/115010194247-Can-I-make-Applets-work-faster-Generally, for what I use it for, it works great. My main applet is geofencing to have our garage door open when we pull up in the car. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProActually you can use HomeKit for that and it’s very precise ...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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