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Jonathan Corbet
corbet
Just after my last post on solar power, I got a cheery email from "SunStrong", the company taking over from SunPower, which has gone bankrupt. It seems that if I want to get historical data or performance data for individual panels (which I own) out of the monitoring system (which I own) installed in my house, I will have to pay them $100/year.
...or perhaps I can just use the data I've collected into Home Assistant via the SunPower integration and tell them to take a hike ...
My one question is whether they have the ability to push a firmware load and enshittify things further; I think the time may be coming to take the monitoring box off the net.
...or perhaps I can just use the data I've collected into Home Assistant via the SunPower integration and tell them to take a hike ...
My one question is whether they have the ability to push a firmware load and enshittify things further; I think the time may be coming to take the monitoring box off the net.
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soaproot
soaproot@sfba.social@corbet I'm a degree or two of separation removed from the people who wrote the SunPower software. They were a bit sad about the bankruptcy and wondering if all the work they put in would come to naught. I suppose tolerance for futility is often needed to keep going in this industry.
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