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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/wildekek on 2025-02-05 21:29:54+00:00.
Hi Emporia,
I know this has been requested before, but I believe in the power of repetition.
First, the hardware is great. Well designed and plenty of IO options. But I and other people in the Home Assistant community really want to use ESPHome on our devices. And I believe you should make this easy for us.
Here is a bunch of reasons why we want to run our own Firmware:
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We want to use 1 app to rule all our IoT devices. We don’t want your additional app on our phones.
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We want to integrate the metrics from the Vue in our energy dashboard.
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We want to create automations based on our energy usage, so we can increase our self consumption, integrate with batteries, we’re pioneers in the sustainable energy movement.
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We want local control. We don’t want to suffer from your cloud outages and we want continuity for our devices long after you file for bankruptcy or exit to a megacorp.
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We want to create our own dashboards that fit our specific needs.
Here are reasons why it is a good thing for you:
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There is a large group of users, who don’t have the means (pro-level soldering equipment, USB-ttl devices or the knowledge). They can choose a competitor product which does offer local control and integrations in HA, like Shelly. The only advantage you have here, is your hardware with a lot of CT clamps. Your moat can be gone very quickly once the competition catches up.
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We already really like your products and you get a lot of free marketing this way. When you make flashing easy, you amplify this and it WILL increase sales.
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Every product sold running ESPHome costs you $0 in the backend.
You might have reasons NOT wanting this, but I can assure you I can counter every one of these.
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