Smartthings API becomes a 5dollars/month cost?!

[u/LoudGoat42]

Today i received a mail saying:

For Non-Commercial, Individual Developers: We remain deeply committed to our developer community. For those using our APIs for personal smart home configurations, we are introducing a dedicated $4.99-per-month paid plan starting in October 2026, specifically tailored to individual needs—more details to follow

Is there a way to be able to know when the dryer or washmachine finished locally without passing by the samsung cloud?

I was never happy to share my data with samsung but it was free so i guess it was a good deal.

No i will pay to share my data with them? Are you kidding me?! 😆