> the first mobile device manufacturer to commit to making ad-hoc and mesh networking fully available to developers in a functionally secure fashion will profit

> the first mobile device manufacturer to commit to making ad-hoc and mesh networking fully available to developers in a functionally secure fashion will profit immensely Ironically, Apple did this in iOS 7, and this resulted in chat apps that could work even in the absence of a phone signal (e.g. FireChat, which now works on Android too). I think a big blocker from getting these to work on TVs is that TVs had non-standard OSes. With more TVs running Android, and Apple pushing SDKs for tvOS, I'll be surprised if these apps don't become more popular.