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Have you considered that life isn't all about efficiency? People shop because of the experience. This is why book stores are coming "back," eBooks just aren't c

Have you considered that life isn't all about efficiency? People shop because of the experience. This is why book stores are coming "back," eBooks just aren't cutting it for people. This is why "smart lights" won't ever truly take off, people don't want to log onto an app to turn their lights off.

nileshtrivedi 10y ago
If people really shop "because of the experience", then this technology is nothing to worry about as it will fail in the market.
TeMPOraL 10y ago
> This is why "smart lights" won't ever truly take off, people don't want to log onto an app to turn their lights off. They will, one day, when companies stop with the vendor lock-in bullshit. An app - a siloed, sandboxed program that cannot meaningfully interact or seamlessly share information with any other program on the device - is a very crappy interface for doing anything. But we're stuck with it, because it's easier for companies to make money off apps, and cooperation is hard.
bradbatt 10y ago
I have to disagree with this one. I have Hue lights and I rarely ever use the app to turn them on or off. When I come home and it is after sunset the lights come on automatically based on geolocation. When I leave they turn off. Also, I can walk downstairs and say "Alexa, turn on the living room lights" and my Amazon Echo turns them on. Same thing to turn them off again. That's extremely convenient...way, way more convenient than walking around and turning 4-5 lamps on and off. They have come way down in price to the point to where you can either pay $20 for a smart bulb versus $10-12 for a standard LED. Will be interesting to see what happens though...I do agree that life isn't just all about efficiency. But people certainly do enjoy convenience.
synicalx 10y ago
Hopefully people also don't like the idea of their lights participating in a DDoS.

nileshtrivedi 10y ago

If people really shop "because of the experience", then this technology is nothing to worry about as it will fail in the market.

TeMPOraL 10y ago

> This is why "smart lights" won't ever truly take off, people don't want to log onto an app to turn their lights off. They will, one day, when companies stop with the vendor lock-in bullshit. An app - a siloed, sandboxed program that cannot meaningfully interact or seamlessly share information with any other program on the device - is a very crappy interface for doing anything. But we're stuck with it, because it's easier for companies to make money off apps, and cooperation is hard.

bradbatt 10y ago

I have to disagree with this one. I have Hue lights and I rarely ever use the app to turn them on or off. When I come home and it is after sunset the lights come on automatically based on geolocation. When I leave they turn off. Also, I can walk downstairs and say "Alexa, turn on the living room lights" and my Amazon Echo turns them on. Same thing to turn them off again. That's extremely convenient...way, way more convenient than walking around and turning 4-5 lamps on and off. They have come way down in price to the point to where you can either pay $20 for a smart bulb versus $10-12 for a standard LED. Will be interesting to see what happens though...I do agree that life isn't just all about efficiency. But people certainly do enjoy convenience.

synicalx 10y ago

Hopefully people also don't like the idea of their lights participating in a DDoS.