Local-First Control For Cloud-Locked Smart Appliances, After LG Started Auto-Banning Accounts It Thinks Are Running Scripts
Home Assistant users with LG washers, fridges, and AC units are getting their LG accounts temporarily banned because the popular community integration's polling looks like 'automated script usage,' breaking their automations. They want their appliances to keep working locally without risking a cloud account lockout. This is the appliance sibling of the broader manufacturer-lockdown trend, aimed at white-goods owners rather than car owners.
This is a cat-and-mouse game against a manufacturer who can change the rules, so do not sell a polished consumer app that LG can brick overnight. The defensible play is a respectful, rate-limited, official-API-first bridge (or local LAN where it exists) sold to the HA crowd as 'won't get your account banned,' and treat ongoing maintenance as the actual product.
landscape (3 existing solutions)
Every path to controlling an LG appliance still routes through LG's cloud, which is now actively hostile to third-party polling. There is no reliable local or sanctioned-API route that exposes full appliance features without gambling your account, and Matter does not fill the gap.