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Fine strategy until the universal controller app arrives. After that, the same Boss would hope they should allowed their app to control third party bulbs, sinc
by kamaal 11y ago
Fine strategy until the universal controller app arrives.
After that, the same Boss would hope they should allowed their app to control third party bulbs, since that way at least they would have a brand presence, and by that way that would have allowed them to sell their bulbs better than others.
- bsder 11y agoBoss will be promoted by then because profit went up 150% for two quarters.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's funny how in today's corporations it is in manager's best interest to make decisions that are profitable short-term but bad for the company long-term - the manager will be there for a reward, but long gone by the time consequences come.
- mmanfrin 11y agoThis is why I am betting on Amazon for the long win; the Echo is continually expanding to be able to control any device that connects to the internet, and Amazon isn't trying to push their own brand of bulbs (yet). They seem to be building themselves as the point of contact for humans to set off [whatever automated thing some other company sells].
- commandar 11y agoYet is the thing. See Amazon's discontinuation of Chromecast and Apple TV sales for a clear example of how Amazon will gladly leverage their ecosystem in an anticompetitive manner.
- markild 11y agoIndeed. I own Hue bulbs, and the only reason I've bought more, after my initial purchase, is because they have an API that let other systems control my lights. Currently, I'm using home assistant (https://home-assistant.io/ https://home-assistant.io/) for controlling the lights, and if I ever buy other lights, they'd be controlled from there as well. What should be interesting now is to wait and see if they lock down the API as well...