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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by judge2020 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:33PM (#38196545)
What would beat it? Who is buying garage door openers?
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by xxpor on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:44PM (#38196683)
IME, door openers only last 15-20 years, at least in the northern US.
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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by kube-system on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:45PM (#38196690)
Garage doors openers have a life of 10-20 years. There are many many millions of existing homes that need new openers every year.

Also, openers are also a common up-sale when other components are serviced or replaced. For example, if you get a garage door replaced, the installer will often recommend a new opener at the same time.

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Re:Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door ... by godelski on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:57PM (#38199001)
Apartments? Businesses? Yeah, Chamberlain only sells garage door openers BUT Chamberlain Group[0] owns Chamberlain, LiftMaster, Merlin, and Grifco (I think they missed a "t" there).

Literally the bottom of the Chamberlain website reads

> The Chamberlain Group LLC, the corporate parent company to LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin and Grifco, is a global leader in access solutions and products. __We design and engineer residential garage door openers, commercial door operators and gate entry systems.__

[0] https://chamberlaingroup.com/

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