"New" Blynk No Good for Hobbyists?

[PeteKnight]

This is my opinion on the subject…

Will the local server also stop next year?

Yes, it’s allowed but not recommended. The Legacy apps have been removed from the app/play stores and the later versions of the Legacy apps prevent a new account being created - which makes life difficult with your local server. Also, the Blynk local server code isn’t being updated, so there will eventually be vulnerabilities that aren’t fixed, and it won’t be updated to work with newer releases of Java. Also, you shouldn’t underestimate the cost of running a local server in terms of hardware…

Pete.