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Re:Open-Source Home Automation by Klathmon on Friday November 29, 2019 @03:26PM (#21666634)
This can be a good first place to look, but don't rely on it.

Many integrations have their local access via reverse engineered APIs, and they often go away when they get popular enough.

I wrote the Samsung Family Hub smart fridge integration for home assistant and one day Samsung removed the local access in a fridge update and now there is no way to access it without their android or iOS app.

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Re:Open-Source Home Automation by henryfjordan on Friday November 29, 2019 @06:12PM (#21667347)
That should be illegal...

I wonder if you could return the fridge once they update claiming it stopped working for your purposes.

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Re:Open-Source Home Automation by kevinsundar on Friday November 29, 2019 @06:04PM (#21667325)
Ah yes I agree, I've had the most luck with the above method if I block network connectivity to prevent automatic updates. But thats not always possible / you have to give up many other features potentially.
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