The integration for my washing machine is so bad, I will do without. The login process for the app is an atrocity btw
Just good motivation to migrate your zwave devices to a local USB stick.
The headline is clickbait. If anything HA can show its strength as it provides plenty of alternatives.
@EarMaster @dantheclamman How?
My Samsung washing machine ONLY supports SmartThings.
Not Z-Wave, not Zigbee, not Thread, not Matter ( all of which I use with #HomeAssistant ).
There were no Matter machines on sale then, so ST into HA worked for notifications and energy.When #Samsung locks-out #HomeAssistant , all of my #Samsung devices will be reset.
If #Samsung chooses to lock me out, I choose to lock #Samsung out.Closed APIs really suck for consumers. It’s the leverage these companies try to hold over our heads. Sooner or later, shareholders’ demand for forever growth inevitably causes corporate executives to notice the attractive lever of profit that comes from a closed ecosystem. Every for-profit company will inevitably close every API that they can (while still maintaining a functioning product). Sometimes they don’t even let the function part stop them!
Exactly. You lock Samsung out.
So who suffers? Samsung, not Home Assistant.
How is it clickbait? This will cause problems for people. I’m going to have to reset all my old Smartthings zigbee gear to connect to HA directly, which is a solution and alternative I’m glad is available (and I’ve been procrastinating on doing) but is going to take me at least a couple hours to set up. So it is annoying that Samsung is doing this
Well, glad I walked away from SmartThings a couple of years ago. Went with Home Assistant and have never looked back.
At the time I remember being concerned about whether they were going to kill SmartThings off or start charging a subscription as the hub called home for everything. Server time costs and they weren’t charging for it. TANSTAFL. Kinda surprised it’s still alive at all
Yes, there were things that have been free for a long time that seem like it’s inevitable to charge for. Smartthings was great for my first years of smart home use, helped me automate a lot of stuff, keep track of a sketchy landlord, etc. But it’s time to move on
well thats interesting, I have a sammy frame TV and pay for the art. I’ve not had any comms about API charges, that could be cuz I dont use smarthings I guess
Never buy anything that needs to be online to function
What about cars ?
Especially cars.
All the new cars here in EU. are obligate to be connected with internet
wut.
Which is why very shortly after I found homassistant, I moved all my sensors/devices over and decommissioned my smartthings bridge and never looked back.
Same here. For a trial period I kept the ST hub but as soon as was happy with home assistant the ST went.
That’s what I’m working towards right now. We just sold our home and I left all my SmartThings installed for the new guy.
Every third party cloud is going to do a heel turn one day and extort their users.
