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Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

TIL General Electric Appliances, Hoover, Fisher & Paykel, Aqua, Hotpoint, Leader, and Candy are all owned by the same company.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sad, isn’t it? For fun, look up Whirlpool, Albertsons, and Kroger on Wikipedia to see all the brands they own. No wonder prices are high when so much competition has been eliminated.

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

For the Europeans, look up AEG, Bauknecht, Electrolux, Liebherr...sad story as well. And one hell of a case for rampant capitalism running amok...

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

BuT ThE FrEe mArKeT!!

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's a difference between rampant capitalism running amok and the free market...free always needs rules, or it would be anarchy...

[–] eatfudd@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Muh freedom

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Please yell me bosch and Siemens are seperate companies...

[–] nexusband@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nope, they are not, at least in terms of household appliances. BUT they still produce quality stuff in Germany and Europe. And they actually never have been separate. And HomeConnect is commited to HAOS, iirc they actually provide some code to the plugin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSH_Hausger%C3%A4te

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Quick nofe: Albertsons and Kroger want to be one company. Soon.

[–] Heir_Of_Isildur@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Noted, thanks