Seemengly our favourite Dutch company will be completely purchased by LG Electronics. [image] LG Electronics acquires Dutch home automation company Athom LG Electronics said Wednesday it has signed a deal to acquire the Netherlands-based home automation company Athom B.V. in a bid to cr…

So happy that I sold my Homey and switched to Home Assistant a couple of months ago. And with this now happening, an even better decision

Hopefully it does mean better integration with ThinQ for sure. Maybe we’ll get that “Smart Smart TV” integration @Emile you mentioned in the AMA :wink:

Also my first thought “hopefully this means that homey will be able to control my TV more then 30% of the time” :sweat_smile:

it will be wise-versa :laughing: Your LG TV will be able to control your Homey more then 30% of the time.

I guess this will be a conversion to Home Assistant. I am not sure LG is the right company to keep Homey as it is. Sad development if you’ll ask me. At some point share holders want more money. So enshittification will come. @Emile Nobody should worry about any data collection, that will not ha…

[image] Emile: The main reason for this acquisition is so they get access to Homey OS for their own smart home products. You clearly see the redness of that flag, I hope? :triangular_flag_on_post::triangular_flag_on_post::triangular_flag_on_post: If their main goal is to get access to Homey …

See allso at the dutch tweakers site: [image] LG neemt bedrijf achter smarthomeplatform Homey over LG Electronics heeft Athom, het bedrijf achter smarthomeplatform Homey, overgenomen. LG wil het Homey-platform dieper integreren in LG-producten en zegt dat Athom blijft werken aan het plat…

This is the end of Homey! :smiling_face_with_tear:

I’'ve to agree on that one. 80% is practically full ownership. “this is not in the interest of LG” shall be the new mantra. And other vendors may pull back now, as LG has access to their platforms now.

LG acquires Athom

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App developers finally getting paid! #wishfulthinking

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LG acquires Athom

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