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I think you are confusing the link and the hub. The link has no home automation functions and hasn't been sold for 4 years. That said, they badly mishandled th

I think you are confusing the link and the hub. The link has no home automation functions and hasn't been sold for 4 years. That said, they badly mishandled this situation, and the fact that there was so much product confusion (people thought they had just bought a link, when they had bought a hub, and people who bought a link even when it was released 6 years ago have a reasonable expectation for it to keep working) and I am glad they have shifted their position.

Piskvorrr 9y ago
Am not. "Harmony Link allows you to use your Apple mobile device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch) or Android mobile device to control your entertainment system. Using the Logitech Harmony Link app, you can launch activities and control devices with a single touch. " That, in my opinion, falls under "home automation" - consolidated, remote control of household entertainment system is a part of that, IMNSHO. Also, while 6 years might be hopelessly outdated for a mobile phone or a tablet, here I am, typing on an even older computer (which has been only upgraded slightly), and don't get me started on the car. For home automation, I would expect the appliance's lifecycle to be closer to the refrigerator and oven (20 years and still going; EDIT: this applies to audio as well, my previous A/V setup was mostly older than me while it worked, and I'm no audiophile), not to "get your ass on the HW upgrade treadmill and replace again with iWhatever2017 or suffer the consequences." There's the point, as you note: the expectation to keep working, as opposed to an endless pile of discarded gadgets.