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I bet they’re using data sales to subsidize the cost of the devices.

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that, and I can imagine they fear a giant wave of support tickets from people using HA and having problems

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If they have a good support team they already have a form letter for “you are using this product in an unsupported way” and it takes about 30 seconds to process them.

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And let’s be honest, someone with the tech knowhow to set up home assistant isn’t going to ask Haier for help

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Subsidize? Oh sweetheart, that’s not happening - that’s just more profit! Silly goose!

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