If market forces play out logically, Z-wave should lose out to any of: Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth mesh, or 802.11ah (HaLow). Z-wave is a proprietary protocol. O

If market forces play out logically, Z-wave should lose out to any of: Zigbee, Thread, Bluetooth mesh, or 802.11ah (HaLow). Z-wave is a proprietary protocol. Only 1 company has the IP & monopoly on manufacturing Z-wave chips... By contrast, any of these other techs are open and have multiple implementations available from multiple manufacturers.