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> Why don't these products use LAN or other local, non-cloud options? For the equivalent effort to implement, most customer's revealed preferences are for new/
by nordsieck 8y ago
> Why don't these products use LAN or other local, non-cloud options?
For the equivalent effort to implement, most customer's revealed preferences are for new/better features rather than robust local intelligence.
This kind of event just doesn't happen very often.
- kodablah 8y ago> This kind of event just doesn't happen very often. While it may not happen very often, I wonder how many customers (like me) they lose because the customers do not want their devices to even have internet access but still want local remote control (and are willing to sacrifice non-local remote control).
- kemitche 8y agoThe answer is going to be "very few." Perhaps enough that a competitor has room to gain some share, but the average user, even for a product like Nest? Nah.