#Daikin has entered the chat…
https://github.com/revk/ESP32-Faikin
Daikin enshittified their aircon firmware in one fell swoop with their 2.9.0 (IIRC) update, breaking the local API – which worked perfectly well with #HomeAssistant – and forcing people to use their (shitty, natch) app instead^
their shitty app periodically forced you to apply their “optional” firmware update (even when you’ve explicitly set the “automatically upgrade firmware” toggle to the “fuck no” position) by preventing you from even using the app to control your device until you submitted to installing the upgrade (i.e. they bricked their own app until you agreed to brick (more or less) your aircon) 😡🤬
in the case of the #Faikin #ESP32 module though, it has to be installed inside the aircon head unit, which involves touching (in AU) 240V mains power – and in AU you can’t do that (legally) unless you’re a sparky 💁♀️
plus, I expect that an insurance company might decline to pay out if your house burns down as a result of a fault in your aircon & they discover you had a non-vendor-approved hardware mod installed 😤
it’s neat little bows all the way down… 😕
🐢
🐢
🐢
🎀
🎀
🎀
🎀
🎀
🎀
^ which also strongly encourages you to sign up for & use their cloud platform so you could send a packet around the world to change the temp on your aircon & if you lost internet connection, welp, sucks to be you 💁♀️