Re:IoT garage door opener maker disables customer’s service ...
by soneil on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @04:42AM
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This is what I'm doing also. Anything I want to access externally can be reached via an mqtt server running on an el-cheapo VPS.
No small irony (to me) that what simply the easiest method for me, is also one I can replace or migrate in a heartbeat. It's a shame there's no commercial offerings that do the same - there's not many vendors at all I trust to not sunset their service while I'm still using it.
(even giants that can afford it. I've been through dotmac / mobileme and now icloud on Apple, email has been the only service I've used for 10 years without being discontinued. Buying in to home improvements where I can't expect 10 years, isn't something I'm comfortable with)
No small irony (to me) that what simply the easiest method for me, is also one I can replace or migrate in a heartbeat. It's a shame there's no commercial offerings that do the same - there's not many vendors at all I trust to not sunset their service while I'm still using it.
(even giants that can afford it. I've been through dotmac / mobileme and now icloud on Apple, email has been the only service I've used for 10 years without being discontinued. Buying in to home improvements where I can't expect 10 years, isn't something I'm comfortable with)