I think there's a massive difference between spam and companies that align with the hacker ethos submitting their own content.<p>Though I've been dinged in the past for submitting my own content, I still think HN has a decent track record of flagging down blatant spam. I love what airgradient has done with their hardware, and am planning on buying a few of their units for a new office space, integrating them with local Home Assistant.<p>With other vendors like AirThings, it's not as easy and requires apps and accounts to get things tracked. The simplicity is nice, but these are devices with sometimes sensitive environmental data, I'd rather control that data and do the harder work of setting it up custom one time.
I wrote this in response to a comment in yesterday's discussion [1]. It would be great to hear some thoughts and feedback.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37652832">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37652832</a>