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by hellotheretoday 973 days ago
It would be meaningless. Tech companies promises are worth jack shit. The tech companies messing around in these product categories are often weak and flimsy from a financial perspective. They frequently abandon products, fail, get bought by another company that may not give a shit about their promises, etc

There is no fool proof solution to this. Except maybe make your own I guess. It’s a garage door opener. An esp32 controlling a relay wired to your existing garage door remote probably won’t look as nice but I bet it ends up being more secure

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https://opengarage.io

Can’t comment on quality, haven’t got around to installing yet

I've installed two of these several years ago and integrated them with Home Assistant. Working pretty well, no major complaints. It uses a distance sensor to determine whether or not the door is open, so it's not as reliable as state that that the garage door opener has. There was one time the distance sensor acted up and I didn't know if the door was up or down, which was annoying because I was 100 miles away. Other than that, it does what I need it to do.