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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 9 months ago by dantheclamman to c/homeassistant

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[–] Rehwyn 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

The only way I see a company like this having "significant economic harm" from you not using their free app is if 1) they eventually plan to charge a fee to use the app or 2) they profit from data their app collects about you (third party data sales, for example).

Not something I'm interested in either way, so they've lost a potential customer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Looking at the brands they already own, it's not hard to picture a future where they'll own a brand I want to buy.

Although, I'm really interested (and haven't done reading up on hOn yet) - just what level of automation are people looking for on their appliances? I used smart plugs with current measurements, so I can easily get HA to just tell me when my washing machine or dishwasher are finished.

What else are people doing with hOn in HA?