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Why does configuration require a closed-source app, with an account on your proprietary platform?

• sriacha 2y ago
  Web page claims the app is being open-sourced.
  • cibyr 2y ago
    It's the "account required" part that really bugs me. Implies that everything is routed through some cloud backend that'll shut down one day and then you lose access to all the smarts in your "infinitely repairable" battery.
    • oulipo 2y ago
      No, the app is never needed! It's for extra features and configurability
• oulipo 2y ago
  There is no required account :) The app just allows to connect over Bluetooth to the battery if you want to set a wifi password to retrieve your data and set alerts! It also lets you configure your battery for any type of e-bike system
  • cibyr 2y ago
    "Required" is hiding the ball here. There's desirable functionality - that you're touting in your sales pitch! - that isn't accessible without your client software, and it sure looks like https://clients.gouach.com/ https://clients.gouach.com/ won't do anything without a login. https://docs.gouach.com/connected-batteries/monitoring-interfaces#809b075b77554eb6a066b4aa0633d054 https://docs.gouach.com/connected-batteries/monitoring-inter... explicitly states "In order to access the connectivity features, you will need a Gouach client account." None of this is the end of the world, and I'm glad the batteries will continue to work as batteries after you go out of business, but it does come off as hypocritical given your big talk about repairability.