Well… that’s a bit odd indeed .
So the app install routine is not aware of a bridge, and doesn’t say up front, in case of f.i. a zigbee app: “Buy a Bridge now!”, and provide for a direct link to the Athom store to speed up the sales
Please explain to me, when one should buy a Pro or the cloud solution with a bridge.
I get it that one owns the hardware vs paying a subscription fee but otherwise I cannot see the major difference but that the latter is new technology.
The Cloud/Bridge is an entry-level home automation solution, it works with most popular brands (at least popular in NL/EU) and is cheap. It’s also limited: apps that provide support for local networked devices, or offer useful tools (timers, logging, database support, Homeyscript, Homekit, etc), are not supported by the Cloud/Bridge (and probably will never be supported).
There’s also a dependency on a good stable internet connection. If you don’t have one, you may run into automation issues with Cloud/Bridge because nothing is run locally.
If you want a (mostly) local solution that supports all Homey apps, you need a Homey Pro.
not sure it is a big issue, as with 50 Flow Folders someone according to Athom probably falls in the Pro users category.
Where did you find the "infinite flows allowed? " as I don’t remember where that is said by Athom and I personally also expect that is somewhere limited in Homey (cloud).
As stated in my opening post, a couple of things are not specified by Athom.
For FlowFolders, I Just tested it to confirm it for Homey (cloud) but this limit isn’t in Pro up to my test of ~136 flowfolders.
So it’s perfectly reasonable for people to complain when they find out there’s apparently a limit of 50 flow folders for Homey Cloud. It also doesn’t make any sense to impose such a limit, because flow folders aren’t functional (limiting the number of flows otoh would make more sense, and I’m sure those are also limited, it’s just that no one has hit that limit yet. But these limits should be known to users before they decide to choose Homey Cloud over the Pro).
I just ran into the limit. Organization is key. I have about 80 devices in my homey cloud/bridge.
Not willing to count the number of flows, maybe three in average per device. Zones help a lot by grouping devices.
Waiting for more apps published to add more.
Of course i reported it, via the beta issue form.
When will all the APP that is in Homey Pro be avaliable in the Bridge versjon? No the system is useless. I have only Netatmo and HUE that is avaliable. No Mill, Sensibo, Solis, Tibber, BluOS etc etc….