Ana Hevesi on Nostr: Okay, so there's an extraordinary community story unfolding right now in the Home ...
Okay, so there's an extraordinary community story unfolding right now in the Home Assistant ecosystem:
Chamberlain, the maker of MyQ automated garage doors, stopped supporting third-party apps in order to force device owners to use Chamberlain’s app.
Why?
So they can serve in-app ads, of course.
For real, they're forcing the customers ~who have already paid them money for hardware~ to ALSO use their app so they can keep monetizing their eyeballs.
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Chamberlain, the maker of MyQ automated garage doors, stopped supporting third-party apps in order to force device owners to use Chamberlain’s app.
Why?
So they can serve in-app ads, of course.
For real, they're forcing the customers ~who have already paid them money for hardware~ to ALSO use their app so they can keep monetizing their eyeballs.
(1/n)