For me it’s a fun hobby, plain and simple. Some people like maintaining saltwater tanks, some people like miniature train sets, I like maintaining a smart home and automating repeat tasks.

I don’t have any Haier products but as a Chamberlain/MyQ garage door owner I can relate all too well. At least ratgdo is an option for the garage doors, I doubt there’s anything nearly as simple for the Haier users.

Fuck these companies.

Teamspeak has a pretty slick new version that looks very much like discord. Not fediverse but pretty easy to self-host.