Firstly, I completely agree with the sentiment in this post. I’m one of the many affected by this, and it’s annoying. Secondly, I have a hunch that there is a lawyer on the MyQ side that said that allowing customers to control their doors via api will open MyQ to liability. It’s an absurd argument since, well, it is a door with a remote control, but I can easily picture someone making that argument. I wish there was…
I run a similar API program for an IoT Manufacturer. Our API is public. I have a lot of thoughts about this. Supporting things like this is a mixed bag IMO. This group (especially Home Assistant) are very technical, hands on, and engaged. I'm a one man team (soon to be two). Between the "big guys" Alexa, Google, SmartThings, HomeKit, Paying Customers (RMR) it's hard to dedicate time to support what in my world are en…
Why not allow people to securely talk to the IOT device right on the local network? I think that then really puts a bright line on where the liability lays.