{"id":59587,"date":"2023-11-07T17:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=dfc6fbb5f5fb76ff59abb393e16dc84e"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:12:50","slug":"chamberlain-blocks-smart-garage-door-opener-from-working-with-smart-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59587","title":{"rendered":"Chamberlain blocks smart garage door opener from working with smart homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1982067\">Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: Ugh.\nAds in your garage door opener remote. \nIntentionally breaking interoperability for the existing install base.  \nAny device that _could_ work locally designed such that has to pass through the vendor's server should be presumed broken, because the only reason to do that is rentseeking.<\/div><div>\n<figure>\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2019myQ-LM-Ware233-800x389.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the myQ app from LiftMaster's website.\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2019myQ-LM-Ware233.jpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enlarge<\/a> <span>\/<\/span> A photo of the myQ app from LiftMaster's website. (credit: Liftmaster)<\/p>  <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Chamberlain Group&mdash;the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakewoodgaragedoor.biz\/blog\/the-history-of-garage-door-openers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most<\/a> of the garage door opener brands like LiftMaster, Chamberlain, Merlin, and Grifco&mdash;would like its customers to stop doing smart home things with its \"myQ\" smart garage door openers. The company recently issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/chamberlaingroup.com\/press\/a-message-about-our-decision-to-prevent-unauthorized-usage-of-myq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> decrying \"unauthorized usage\" of its smart garage door openers. That's \"unauthorized usage\" by <em>the people who bought the garage door opener<\/em>, by the way. Basically, Chamberlain's customers want to trigger the garage door and see its status through third-party smart home apps, and Chamberlain doesn't want that.<\/p>\n<p>Here's the statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chamberlain Group recently made the decision to prevent unauthorized usage of our myQ ecosystem through third-party apps.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was made so that we can continue to provide the best possible experience for our 10 million+ users, as well as our authorized partners who put their trust in us. We understand that this impacts a small percentage of users, but ultimately this will improve the performance and reliability of myQ, benefiting all of our users.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage those who were impacted to check out our authorized partners here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myq.com\/works-with-myq\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.myq.com\/works-with-myq<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We caught wind of this statement through the Home Assistant blog, a popular open source smart home platform. The myQ integration is being stripped from the project because it doesn't work anymore. Allegedly, Chamberlain has been sabotaging Home Assistant support for a while now, with the integration maintainer, Lash-L, telling the Home Assistant blog, \"We are playing a game of cat and mouse with MyQ and right now it looks like the cat is winning.\"<\/p><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1982067#p3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1982067&amp;comments=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comments<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ A photo of the myQ app from LiftMaster&#8217;s website. 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