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I think they're great lights with lots of possible configurable aspects. But unless I'm missing something the control option is definitely a problem for me because I just want to be able to turn them on and off easily without running dedicated software (which isn't compatible with Mac High Sierra), maintaining a seprate server or VM or switching focus away to another device like a phone. It's the same reason I prefer to use a dedicated hardware audio streamer rather than a phone app, once my phone is in my hand I'm checking half a dozen other apps without really thinking, and no longer just sitting down listening to music.
The Home Assistant stuff is great, thanks for that but running a Raspberry Pi solely to switch on a light that's literally right in front of me seems excessive :)
Edit: I do hope I'm missing something b/c I can't see a better light on the market in terms of quality and design
freddo-
Fair enough... these are like Hue lights... you need extra things otherwise the switches are just 100% brightness and daylight.
There's a whole category of lighting on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=video+lighting&rh=n%3A1330763031&dc&qid=1630579571&rnid=1642204031&ref=sr_nr_n_1 and some of that has remotes shipped with it, or knobs on the lights, etc.
Velocio
They're just lights controlled over WiFi by either HTTP or TCP.
You've got multiple options to control them, you can use any of the options or build your own:
They come with support for 99% of desktops, laptops and phones, with an optional set of fully customisable buttons to do things, and then various OSS solutions for the final 1%.
Feel free not to buy them if you think them excessive, large, too bright, too dim, ugly, that you dislike that they're not powered by USB-C or whatever... but lack of control options is odd when there's so many options the problem is which one to choose - I couldn't choose and ended up mixing and matching lots of options.