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Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our #GarageDoor Openers
If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?
After frustration with #Chamberlain's #MyQ and shutting out 3rd Parties, he developed #RATGDO, for Rage Against the #GarageDoorOpener, an #Esp32 based that workds over your local network using #ESPHome or #HomeKit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/personaltech/why-one-man-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-control-our-garage-door-openers.html
https://archive.ph/bi15p

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?

The New York Times

mattlqx Dec 6

Garage doors, #enshitified with wireless. The home I bought has some 10 year old Liftmasters that work with #Ratgdo controllers. Even the fact that those workarounds are required for the utterly horrible MyQ devices was enough to swear me off of intentionally buying #Chamberlain products, but their need to continually make worse products takes it further. https://www.theverge.com/tech/839294/chamberlain-myq-garage-door-opener-update-blocks-aftermarket-controllers #smarthome

Chamberlain blocks smart home integrations with its garage door openers — again

Security+ 3.0 kills compatibility with popular smart home platforms enabled by controllers from Tailwind, Meross, and Ratgdo.

The Verge

Scott Ellis Dec 6

RE: https://mas.to/@okurth/115662995700749262

I bought two #ratgdo units when they first came out, and use them with #esphome . Much better experience than the MyQ stuff ever was.

Highly recommended.

Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Dec 5

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers 🏡

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/personaltech/why-one-man-is-fighting-for-our-right-to-control-our-garage-door-openers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.MsQp.x0kYnih5twIB&smid=url-share

#RATGDO #RageAgainstTheGarageDoorOpener #MyQ #ChamberlainGroup #IOT #PaulWieland #GarageDoor #LiftMaster #RightToRepair #FULU #FreedomFromUnethicalLimitationsOnUsers #RATCLOUD #DIY #RageAgainstTheCloud #BrianXChen #HomeAssistant

Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers

If companies can modify internet-connected products and charge subscriptions after people have already purchased them, what does it mean to own anything anymore?

The New York Times

skotperez Dec 5

RATGDO. WiFi control board for your garage door opener

Tom Fakes (he/him)Jul 29, 2025

Today, I installed a RATGDO 32 for my new Liftmaster 98022 garage door opener.

Since Chamberlin/Liftmaster has closed access to their MyQ system, this is the only way to connect your HomeAssistant/HomeKit/other smart home system to the garage door. I've installed the HomeKit firmware on mine.

No cloud needed to control this inside my network, which is a big plus.

Rage Against The Garage Door Opener - RATGDO - https://ratcloud.llc/pages/about

I think I might want to move the device to the underneath of the backup battery and stick it there, but there's plenty of room inside this door opener case for a clean install.

#RATgdo #homekit

Dustin Rue Mar 2, 2025

I have basically finished my post about how to configure Home Assistant Quick Actions on CarPlay but I can't publish it because I botched one of the screenshots!

#homeassistant #carplay #apple #ratgdo

Bryan Redeagle

Nov 18, 2024

Heck yeah. I got my ratgdo before my new garage door is installed.

Now let's hope the WiFi reaches that far out of my house.

#HomeAssistant #ratgdo #SmartHome

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John Deters Nov 17, 2024

@danie10 I have one, which I liked. Until last fall, when I discovered its one weakness: it opened the door randomly whenever it was well below freezing. If you live in Texas, I'm sure it would be great forever. But when you live in Minnesota it's a somewhat more serious problem.

I ended up adding a #ratgdo, https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/ , which has been 100% reliable. The OpenGarage still tells me if the car is in the garage.