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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Open-source is the only way to get a decent product. Being locked down by proprietary software from a few companies with an oligopoly over the market and the growing culture of disposable devices means they don’t give a fuck if works well or if it works past a year or two.

[–] Bocky@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Reminds me of MyQ garage door opener’s fiasco. I wonder if the RatGDO project is still doing good, they were flooded with orders last year.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m not familiar with this. What happened?

[–] d2k1@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Home Assistant blog covered the whole thing very well: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq-integration/

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

damn, that sucks. similar to why people are averse to getting a Lucid car right now. people don't trust that the company will be around in the near future and they'll be left without any support.