Appliances giant Haier reportedly issued a takedown notice to a software developer for creating Home Assistant integration plugins for the company's home appliances and releasing them on GitHub.
    • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The app already exists, so anyone who has it, will keep it.

      Anyone in the market to purchase will now avoid. Their suit will cost more sales than the app, which may have actually generated sales by existing.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        10 months ago

        …so anyone who has it, will keep it.

        I literally saw someone in a different thread about this earlier talking about ripping out their Liftmaster garage doors when they pulled a similar move last year.