Tado Users - Possible Subs Charges Incoming

Kainz

Kainz

Kainz

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So they are testing the waters with their BS 'marketing' as they say. It is only £1 a month but that isn't the point as it paves the way for future increases in price as per every other subscription out there. I've got my setup hooked into Homekit so I can still (and will) do away with the Tado app if they go down this route. The other smart home hubs like Alexa and G.Home can also be used in place of the app but obviously a functionality is lost.

I've got Tado at my place since 2020 and at my mothers since 2018 iirc. She hasn't got a homekit setup so I may need to look at something in future (get her a cheap apple hub).


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Tado Marketing Test

Looks like to use the Tado app from May 2025, you will now have to pay a £1/month subscription, just to get access to your heating controls.
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The slippery slope was the reason I dumped the Ring video doorbell and as I am currently sampling the market for this kind of product, I shall pass on Tado.
 
Got about 10 tado thermostats, would be raging if they start to charge for it and would recommend it to no one. Shambolic tactics if anything comes from it but think it remains tbc.
 
Hyburnate said:
I'm so glad I have an opensource only rule, the thermostat is the only thing I haven't yet sussed and was considering Tado but not now...
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I've done this DIY in Home Assistant using temperature sensors and a contactor for the boiler connection. I just haven't done a way to give it a nice UI for schedules and boost etc, beyond the standard "dial" thermostat.

Full disclosure, I haven't actually put it into use yet - I wired the contactor up to a bulb so I can observe the proof of concept for a while. But it works!
 
Nothing in my app currently, but I won't be paying for a subscription for this. I'm sure it won't be long before someone figures out how to hack the firmware and make it run locally!
 
It has left me quite peeved really. I've recommended/or installed Tado in so many peoples homes over the past years. My elderly mother has it at her home so if she gets locked out somehow I will be absolutely raging.
 
Won't be buying or recommending tado to anyone else. Tado was. Borderline on being money saving before.
With a subscription cost increasing every year to even use the product?
Nope. Probably go back to dumb system once this (inevitably) comes in.
 
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