Hmm.. in that case some sort of classification should be there. Games are non-essential but temperature controller, door openers and locks are essential functio

Hmm.. in that case some sort of classification should be there. Games are non-essential but temperature controller, door openers and locks are essential functionalities. As a general rule the manufacturers of IOT devices should be made by law release the server side code/binaries that a consumer could run by yourself (and also provide configuration options on the hardware device itself). I know it won't be of much use to most consumers as of now but as people become more techology-literate they should be able to download a container, choose a cloud provider and upload it to run the backend. As IPv6 become more popular home routers could expand their functionality to provide container hosting. edit: Added the part about self-hosting.