Removal of Mazda Connected Services integration
Removal of Mazda Connected Services integration
Why the integration has been removed from Home Assistant in 2023.10.2.
Quick headsup for the Mazda owners here. It has been removed due to a cease and desist from Mazda, unfortunately.
Putting Mazda on my no buy list 📝
Yup, I'm in the car market and shit like this immediately makes it a no-buy.
There are worse reasons to not buy an automobile, but lack of app integration is probably the silliest reason I've seen so far.
Privacy issues, subscriptions for basic features, removal of physical buttons in favor of janky touch screens...the list is endless and you guys settled on the app not working on a 3rd party system as the straw that breaks the camel's back.
Yeah but there are too many brands out there to choose from; as a consumer our only power is to speak with our wallets.
Corporations don’t get to pick and choose which actions from them result in lower sales; all of their actions are judged, and by all potential customers.
Not really sure how you can DMCA other peoples code when the only thing of yours it references are API endpoints which, while not intended for general use, are publicly available.
That seems like an abuse of the DMCA.
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Ok, Mazda, not considering you for my next ride then.
There are worse reasons to not buy an automobile, but lack of app integration is probably the silliest reason I've seen so far.
Privacy issues, subscriptions for basic features, removal of physical buttons in favor of janky touch screens...
I'm only just starting to use home assistant, but what are the kind of things people do when integrating their car with HA? Is this for stuff like controlling charging speed with your solar panels?
I've seen people do things with the Tesla integration where they turn the car heaters on X minutes before it's time to leave for work on a work day if the outside temperature is less than Y
The hyundai app is really unresponsive. So I've used the integration to create my own version of it. It also let's me tie in other things like garage doors and security cams in one place.
The Mazda app allowed you to track the location of the automobile, turn it on and off remotely, activate hazard lights, and lock/unlock from the HA integration.
Most of what I used it for was to see where my dad had taken my car with the GPS tracker. Sometimes I would fuck with him and turn on the hazards.
What a bunch of asshole (mazda that is)
Another reason for me to hate our Mazda.
I had no idea this was available at all, so the loss didn't affect me. But it's like, yep, this tracks with all the other complaints I've had about that car.
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The only similar integration for Ford is only available through HACS. Maybe this could be installed that way?
Was never even available as a service in my country so no loss to me.
Japanese company doing Japanese company things..
I can't wait for my Aptera...
Stop. Using. GitHub
What would you suggest then? Any company receiving a takedown request will do the same thing. The laws don't selectively apply to mega corps.