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No Connection, No Flush (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] philpo@feddit.org 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And this is why KNX and Home Assistant are a good idea.

[โ€“] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

This is a great time for the engineer to exert leverage.

"Yes, I can fix it in hours. Here are my demands:

  • $200,000
  • I'll also push a firmware update to all your devices that allows setting any address for the server and exposes all functionality in a Home Assistant API, and you won't ever disable this in current or future devices
  • You'll offer a free locally-connected button/knob device to any customer owning an affected product, or a free service to upgrade the products with on-device controls
  • In any social media posts, press releases, customer communication or interviews regarding today's outage, you have to say that plumbing that requires a server connection is a bad idea