Internet-of-Trash

Table of Contents

• Hall of Shame
• Contributors

A list of IOT devices to avoid.

Some of the reasons things get listed here:

• A device had an open API, then switched to requiring you to use their application instead of directly scraping the API
• Devices which are cloud-only
• Anything that requires you to use their application and doesn't document their API so it can be integrated with other ecosystems

Hall of Shame

Device	Reason it's garbage	Date	Workarounds if any
Chamberlain MyQ Smart Garage Door Controller	Chamberlain shut off all access to its APIs. See Chamberlain's Press Release The Verge's coverage	2023-11-07	Replace with a better solution: opengarage.io - Their hardware design and software code (including both firmware and app code) and API documents are publicly available in the OpenGarage github repository ratgdo is another solution with open source firmware that works with Security+ 2.0 openers.
Haier	Haier issued a takedown notice to the dev who created a HACS Add-on for their appliances. See Andre0512's Repo Bleeping Computer's coverage	2024-01-18
Mazda. Yes, Mazda.	The Home Assistant Blog has the details. TL;DR they sent a cease and desist order to the Mazda Home Assistant Integration's Author
Philips Hue	Philips is forcing users to "upgrade" to a version of their Philips app that requires login to a cloud account. See How-To Geek	2023-11-07	Use a generic Zigbee coordinator instead of the Philips one

Contributors

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