Comment on Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• akwd169@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Does homeassistant even charge a subscription?

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  • Thann@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, its free an open source, but it out competes their spyware

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Home assistant does not, but Haier would rather you use their SmartAir2 app that vacuums up every tiny but of personal data for resale, and could potentially turn into a subscription service later.

    Mind you smartair2 has a 1.4 star rating on the play store if that tells you how well any of their software and devices work lol

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    • 4am@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Frigidaire’s is just as bad

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  • machinin@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The software is free, and you would never need to pay anything to get set up great system for yourself. In addition to that, they also offer a service that you can subscribe to that gives you some benefits. You can replicate all the functions on your own, I believe, but the service makes it extremely simple.

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  • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They do, but only if you want to go through their servers for access outside of your network.

    I do it mostly to support the project.

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    • QHC@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      IMO, it’s also worth the yearly cost for voice integration with Google Nest/Home or similar devices.

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