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No Connection, No Flush (lemmy.ml)

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 23 hours 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