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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by novakinblood on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:56AM (#38189747)
I felt silly at first complaining to my wife I couldn’t get myQ working again, thinking I did something wrong after adding an automation. We tried to open the door (remote via hass) for my son when he got home but it didn’t work. Obviously it was something I did?(nope)

Then I watched the discussion on discord and realized I’m not alone albeit still a small percentage.

Then I see this as top post on hn.

It’s frustrating to have a company do this. I don’t agree with their choice. Plus forcing you to see ads whenever you open or close the door is Orwellian.

Now I need to somehow sell this device on eBay with hopes a large percentage still wants it.

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by bonestamp2 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:58AM (#38192231)
It does suck, but can you still use it remotely via the myQ app?
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by chewmieser on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:35PM (#38193926)
MyQ app should work fine. Just not the API integration to MyQ.
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by EMIRELADERO on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:46PM (#38194999)
Couldn't people do some reverse-engineering to figure out the first-party protocol and impersonate the official app in the API integration?
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by AJayWalker on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:23PM (#38195563)
AFAIK yes, but to quote the article (which quotes the maintainer of the MyQ integration, Lash-L [0]), “We are playing a game of cat and mouse with MyQ and right now it looks like the cat is winning”

[0] https://github.com/Lash-L

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by saagarjha on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:05PM (#38197785)
Yes, that's what they've done. The problem is that myQ keeps trying to fingerprint the device to check if the requests are coming from a real app before offering service.
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by lostapathy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:42PM (#38196664)
The MyQ app sucks, though. Besides the dark pattern ad-forcing they do, I've also had the thing redraw while I was holding the button to open a door. Which meant the wrong door opened entirely - one that happens to be 20 miles from where I was standing. I have had this happen multiple times, it's ridiculous.
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