Personally, I expect devices that claim to function with TCP/IP, DNS, https, etc. actually function with them, and not with a tiny subset of their proprietary i

Personally, I expect devices that claim to function with TCP/IP, DNS, https, etc. actually function with them, and not with a tiny subset of their proprietary implementations. If Google wants to sell captive toys well, that's nothing I'd ever buy, but they're free to. But it needs to be clear that it is a proprietary widget, dependent on Google's services and incapable of operating in environments where those dependencies are unacceptable.