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Re:Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directl... by robertlagrant on Monday March 13, 2023 @05:45PM (#35143302)
"As someone about to be in the market for something like this, propriety lockout is a complete deal breaker for me." - StrangeATractor

"Would your company be willing to provide an open-source local-first websocket-based integration with https://www.home-assistant.io/ or use the new Matter + Thread standard to provide it for everyone?" - daredoes

"Most of your competition has no sensitivity, and almost no openness, about these aspects. I think this could become a really important part of your go-to market, but also a differentiator vs other products." - simonebrunozzi

"I would like to be able to add it to HomeKit without it ever phoning home once. Matter + Thread help make that a possibility." - X-Istence

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Re:Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directl... by soheil on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:07PM (#35143667)
Yes this is HN what do you expect, of course everyone and their grandma here is gonna want a fully unlocked, open source and free as in freedom fries product.
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Re:Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directl... by robertlagrant on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:11PM (#35143714)
I expect to be able to refer to those people as "they".
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