cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10882099

Thankfully I don’t use any of their products, but this really pisses me off. They claim that this open source project “causes significant economic harm to their company”

This is ridiculous. It is truly ridiculous. How can something that enables the user to efficiently control their AC cause “significant economic harm”???

Consider forking the repository or mirroring it to another platform like GitLab, Codeberg or your self-hosted Git server, so the project can continue to exist and someone can maybe fork it and maintain it.

The effected repos are: https://github.com/Andre0512/hOn and https://github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn

If you don’t know about Home Assistant, check it out. It’s an amazing piece of open-source software, that you can run at home on your own server and use it to control your smart home devices. That way, you don’t need to connect them to the manufacturer’s (probably insecure) cloud. It gives you sovereignty over your smart home instead of some proprietary vendor-locked garbage. Check out their website and the Lemmy community: !homeassistant@lemmy.world

I also highly recommend Louis Rossmann’s video about this: https://youtu.be/RcSnd3cyti0

He makes awesome videos in general, consider subscribing.

As Rossmann said, don’t ever buy anything from such a shitty company that doesn’t respect their customers. This move by Haier is nothing other than a slap in the face for everyone, who just wants to comfortably control the product they paid for. This company is actively hostile towards their paying customers. Fuck these bastards!

  • poVoq@slrpnk.net
    431·
    10 months ago

    Seems like I dodged a bullet by recently deciding for another company. Definitely on my permanent do-not-buy list now, thanks for letting us know that you do not want any customers, Haier 😑

        • Dehydrated@lemmy.worldOP
          6·
          10 months ago

          That’s amazing. I love such open source projects! I love the Lemmy, Home Assistant and Open Source community.

          • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
            1·
            10 months ago

            I have a diy thermostat project (really a multi-zone hvac setup) that I might pick back up given what’s going on.

            It kinda fell by the way side after my 3D printer started having issues.

        • kif@lemmy.nz
          2·
          10 months ago

          I installed this same system a few months ago. It’s been fantastic - responsive and intuitive. The 5V pin in the CN105 connector means no external power or wiring is required. We haven’t touched the remote since it was installed.

          • CameronDev@programming.dev
            1·
            10 months ago

            Yeah, its great. My only complaint is that you cant set the vane positions. And the temp sensors are a bit meaningless due to the height on the wall.

            I intend to investigate the vane positioning in the future.

      • frezik
        3·
        10 months ago

        I have a Lennox multistage system with a heat pump, and furnace for when it gets too cold. The best way to run those (according to the installer) is at a low level all the time. So it doesn’t benefit much from things like location tracking to turn the system up or down while we’re out. Especially since I work from home.

        What it does do is make graphs for tracking how it runs the heat pump and furnace each day.

        • Dehydrated@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          10 months ago

          This is cool, I actually such something similar for my old school (~10 year old) AC unit because Infrared is the only way to control it.

          • noorbeast@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Compared to what what and at what relative cost? Given the actions of Haier buying into a product eco system seems like a far more expensive and risky proposition!

          • CameronDev@programming.dev
            1·
            10 months ago

            The IR blasters can usually be flashed with open firmware like tasmota or esphome. I started with IR as well. The downside for me was that IR was one way. You can tell the unit to turn on, but you cant know if it actually did turn on.

            For a cheaper IR option: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004486051086.html

            If anyone is in Aus and wants some IR blasters with tasmota, happy to ship my spares :D