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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment
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this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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Open-source is the only way to get a decent product. Being locked down by proprietary software from a few companies with an oligopoly over the market and the growing culture of disposable devices means they don’t give a fuck if works well or if it works past a year or two.
Reminds me of MyQ garage door opener’s fiasco. I wonder if the RatGDO project is still doing good, they were flooded with orders last year.
I’m not familiar with this. What happened?
The Home Assistant blog covered the whole thing very well: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq-integration/
damn, that sucks. similar to why people are averse to getting a Lucid car right now. people don't trust that the company will be around in the near future and they'll be left without any support.