“We don’t know how to rate limit our API or set billing alarms in the AWS console.”
Comment on Sounds like Haier is opening the door!
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
Recently, we've observed a substantial increase in AWS calls attributed to your plugin, prompting the communication you previously received as standard protocol for our company, but as mentioned earlier, we are committed to transparency and keenly interested in collaborating with you not only to optimize your plugin in alignment with our cost control objectives,
i get it; their amazon account gets hit hard by some plugin data stream, they trace the source and kill it for monetary reasons. makes total sense. handled terrible, but still, i also completely understand getting some giant bill from amazon and freaking the fuck out.
shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 1 year ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
They likely due. However overhead cost is overhead cost
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 year ago
Yup exactly. They just need better responses than “get legal on the phone”
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
Did you not read the letter you posted? It said a call with the IoT department.
tja@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Did you not read the linked issue? The first thing they did, before this letter, was sending a cease and desist
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
I misread the comment, for sure. I thought they were talking about the call the letter referenced.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 1 year ago
Sounds the solution is to allow users to not have to connect to the server in the first place and communicate across a local network.
Because they’ve probably killed more money from loss of sales through this stunt than they have from AWS fees.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
I highly doubt it. Lemmy isn’t representative of the general population, and the general population has no idea what Home Assistant is.
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 1 year ago
The general population is very much influenced by the Home Assistant community since the Home Assistant Community is made up of people who are heavily into technology. My parents will run purchases in the tech world past me, as will many of my work colleagues and friends.
The general population are very interested in what we do, even if they do not do it themselves. I mentioned to a tech-phobic friend that I have sensors in my bath that notify me when my bath is run and he takes the piss out of me to my face then talks about how amazing such a thing is behind my back, I know because it happened yesterday. Who do you think he’s gonna talk to when he buys his next expensive appliance?
Don’t talk our influence down, we have an influence even if you can’t see it.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
You’re showing your bias as someone who’s knowledgeable about technology. It’s not uncommon for people with an interest in something to assume that knowledge or interest is universal. It’s not.
The average consumer has absolutely no idea how technology works, and they have no interest in knowing. They’ll just buy off the shelf garbage because brand name and nothing else.
I mean, why does HP’s printer division still exist if “everyone” knows they’re a shitty company that will brick your printer if you use 3rd party cartridges? Why do people buy Tuya devices even though they’re essentially Chinese government spying devices?
It’s because “everyone” doesn’t know. And they don’t care.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
But you have to remember, that’s true for lost sales but it’s also true for API calls - only a small fraction of their user base is contributing to this high API usage
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 year ago
Right, but I highly doubt the back tracking is because of potential lost sales. It sounds more like the financial people got the legal people involved and they sent a C&D without asking the tech people for a solution. Now the tech guys are doing damage control for the idiots.
I’ve been that tech guy, and I know the general population either has no idea about this occurrence, or they forgot as soon as they scrolled past.
SaltySalamander@kbin.social 1 year ago
This news wasn't limited to Lemmy, you know.