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>>andyly+(OP)
This is really sad. I wonder if there is a "McKenzie" like consulting company for MBAs that would explain to them in terms they could understand why it is both more powerful and market affirming to have an open ecosystem which gives you "free" programmers who will add features without you paying them a salary and without having to lay them off once the feature has been implemented.

>>ChuckM+T7
If you want people to use the official app (if there is/were one, I don't know), and use the app to upsell and market, or collect and sell additional user data, you're not interested in an open ecosystem.

Just remember: they don't just want money. They want all the money.

>>maweki+l9
More importantly, their employees want money and will use whatever means necessary to justify their paycheck.

A Home Assistant integration means people "engage" less with their app and thus whoever is working on it is at risk of irrelevance. Doesn't matter whether this actually translates to more business and money coming in at the top, PM wants their "engagement" and this is an easy way to trade long-term customer goodwill for it.