> the real solution will be when consumers realize most of this IoT stuff is a gimmick for manufacturers to be able to sell you something... For the sake us us

> the real solution will be when consumers realize most of this IoT stuff is a gimmick for manufacturers to be able to sell you something... For the sake us us all, I hope it's not the _only_ solution. This does not seem like the type of thing that the consumer marketplace ever "realizes". "Gimmick" or "bling" or "coolness." Praise or disparage such labels, huge portions of the consumer market wants what it wants at the moment; then it moves on mostly when the old one breaks or something else looks shinier. Now _that_ IMHO is a problem in real need of a solution.