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Haier response to my feedback after Louis' YT video.
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Independant my aching ass. Haier US is Haier corporate's (Qindao) b*tch and everyone knows it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier
The only "smart" appliance to own is an offline appliance.
If an appliance is really smart, it will want to stay off-line.
lol someone who doesn't know the disaster that is IoT downvoted you over that
It's still a pretty good sign IMO. Brands won't usually distance themselves from their parent companies unless they have a good reason to.
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Parent company is chinese, the european branch is a sister: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier
Some are actually welcoming, and provide a local API. That way your air-conditioning control isn't web dependent.
Unfortunately, most are quite stupid about it, and insist on using their app. This voids any usefulness of having smart appliances. E.g. pulse a light in a room when the tumble dryer finishes or turn it on and off dependent on your rooftop solar's output.
I love stuff like this. Turn on the dryer and put the window shades up when the sun's out.
Lazy would be a better description. They want the tech cred of having it be an IoT device. They also hope to leverage it to get more money. Unfortunately, the budget, and coherent drive for this isn't there. The end result is a "designed by committee" app. It ticks all the boxes, but also misses all the things that would help actually get people using it.
Just because 1 department is being lazy doesn't mean their legal aren't.
... Or has ZigBee/Z-Wave.
or KNX. or Modbus.
Zigbee is actually not that good of a choice.