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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by beeboobaa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:54AM (#38192160)
Why would any of those monetization strategies require fucking over your customers like this? How are they incompatible?
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by efitz on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:00PM (#38193300)
They are afraid a potential partner will use the automation meant for customers.

This is just more enshittification in order to exploit revenue channels other than direct sales.

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by Nextgrid on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:20PM (#38193662)
> They are afraid a potential partner will use the automation meant for customers.

But isn't the door property of the customer? In this case it is perfectly the customer's choice and right if they want to use the customer-facing API to let a delivery company in.

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by paledot on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:45PM (#38194072)
> But isn't the door property of the customer?

Not anymore. Now I get to pay $5/mo for IFTTT integration, after paying the premium for the WiFi-enabled version of the same device.

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by epcoa on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:02PM (#38193331)
Who here claimed it was, they literally said it was “ill conceived”
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