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I am 100% unqualified to provide anything factual, but I have some thoughts. I think it's possible that part of the reasoning is along the lines of: - People
by ziddoap 8y ago
I am 100% unqualified to provide anything factual, but I have some thoughts.
I think it's possible that part of the reasoning is along the lines of:
- People who want a full smarthome system, and aren't very technical, generally don't know or care about the implications of said system, and so they will just buy whatever is cheap/convenient/well-marketed and aren't going to care if its open or closed.
- People who want a full smarthome system, and are pretty techincal might take the opportunity to make outfitting their house as a smarthome a personal pet project.
- _bxg1 8y agoPersonally I refuse to install corporate surveillance all over my house, but I also don't care enough to mess with custom Linux distros and arduinos and network configuration just to create a (probably really ugly) thermostat that I could control from my phone. But I would buy something like Nest off the shelf if it were privacy-friendly, and open enough that I could write some custom scripts to do neat things with it. Maybe I represent a niche market.
- ziddoap 8y agoI'm 100% with you. I was just putting out a pet theory - the market may appear to be really niche to potential entrepreneurs.