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Google completely bricked their home hub, so on the bright side at least Logitech users can still use the damn thing. This reinforces my belief that unless the
by TheBill 8y ago
Google completely bricked their home hub, so on the bright side at least Logitech users can still use the damn thing.
This reinforces my belief that unless there's officially supported API/CLI access & the end user can control (should they opt to) the cadence of updates - you don't own the hardware.
- hammock 8y agoWhat do you mean Google bricked their Home Hub?
- Wowfunhappy 8y ago> Unless there's officially supported API/CLI access & the end user can control (should they opt to) the cadence of updates - you don't own the hardware. I would agree with a modified version of this statement. To own hardware, I need the ability to control software update cadence and be able to use the device without connecting to an external server I don't control. If an API or CLI interfaces with an external server in order to function, and that server goes down, I just lost access to my device. By contrast, a GUI app that operates entirely on my local network is never going to stop working.