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More realistically, the manufacturer will generate extra revenue by telling you that the eggs are probably now bad, and hooking you up with suppliers so you buy

• CaptSpify 11y ago
  That's why we need these systems to be open and modifiable. If I could do that same thing, but point it to "awesome-egg-recipes.com" instead of "amazon.com", it'd be an awesome service. I do foresee your take on the matter being the one that wins out, unfortunately.
  • jkestner 11y ago
    So how do you induce the incentives to create such open systems? Why does Roku exist to connect any TV to nearly any service, but not the same thing for IoT? Is it the insistence on making money through services rather than the lower-margin hardware? (Noting that Roku also makes money through channel placement and probably affiliate fees.) I'm afraid that the only way it's going to happen is if the government wades in. But first enough people have to give a shit about these systems, and that'll require them actually being useful to a majority of consumers.
    • CaptSpify 11y ago
      > So how do you induce the incentives to create such open systems? Unfortunately, I have no idea. Obviously I can say "only buy systems that are open", but it'll take a lot of people to make a significant impact. Hopefully, when things die, we can say "I never had that problem with $vendor because their systems are open!"