Home assistant: Philips Hue will force users to upload their data to Hue cloud

To control your lights you soon need to create an account and share your data with the Hue cloud.

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Well, glad I don't use their products - this just ensures I never will.
Glad I moved completely away from Hue and now use mostly ZWave devices. From the article:

When asked what drove this change, the answer is the usual: security. Well Signify, you know what keeps user data even more secure? Not uploading it all to your cloud. Just allow a smart home to talk to Hue using the local API or Matter.

Security. What a load of nonsense.
I have a switch on the wall. It doesn't send anyone data.