Interesting article - MyQ and local control story

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/personaltech/why-one-man-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-control-our-garage-door-openers.html?smid=url-share

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63 results for "ratgdo" search in the Hubitat forums. I'd guess that many in the Lounge have been down this rabbit hole.

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I find it a bit ironic having to share with them my e-mail for a « free » account to read their article…

Good thing Apple’s got me covered on that front! :blush:

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I have had a RATGDO for a few years now and absolutely love it. Before I had simple control of opening or closing the GDO along with a tilt sensor to know of the door was open or closed.

Now I have full control of the light, locking the remotes from working, status of the beam sensor, etc. Totally changed my garage automations in a big way.

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And it's the New York Times so why bother :rofl: :sunglasses:

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Every once in a while a blind squirrel finds a nut. And you can follow the link to The Atlantic article on borked printers.

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At all related to this MyQ 3.0 crap?

Couldn't see much of the times article...

I still have to admire the marketing balls behind calling it a "Security" feature. :roll_eyes:

Lord knows I wouldn't want someone standing in my garage to be able to rip the button off the wall and twist the wires together to open my garage door... :thinking: :crazy_face:

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I wish I had known about the open source firmware before tossing out my 2nd generation Nest thermostats. (I replaced them with Ecobees--I'm done with Nest, even with a discount.)

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Brave to.. love speedreader mode.

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