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The existing products (locks, sensors, smoke detectors) are barely different from existing home security products that have been on the market for years The ex
by ctdonath 10y ago
The existing products (locks, sensors, smoke detectors) are barely different from existing home security products that have been on the market for years
The existing products have miniscule market penetration, for decades, precisely because their networked integration is abysmal. IoT is yet another attempt to impose some order on the market, which is still focused on incompatibility as a way to retain customers rather than grow the market.
There is ENORMOUS pent up demand for networked everything, if only a cheap universal standard arose and was accepted.
- dexwiz 10y agoI think that demand is from the companies and not the consumers. Stand in front of a Lowes in the Midwest and ask consumers who walk out if they would like whatever item they bought to be hooked up to the internet. I bet you would get more No's than Yes's.