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This is how it should work, and it is exactly NOT how it will ever work, because it turns the manufacturers into commodity providers with very low profit margin
by frandroid 7y ago
This is how it should work, and it is exactly NOT how it will ever work, because it turns the manufacturers into commodity providers with very low profit margins. Whereas if they keep the software and the hardware integrated and inseparable they can charge higher margins, and eventually integrate these items in their ecosystem (à la Apple and Google), in which both the user and the company benefit from collective synergy/network effects.
- anon1m0us 7y agoIt already does work that way. There are countless zwave and zigbee products out there from companies who don't want data centers. And there are lots others that are Alexa compatible.
- Gibbon1 7y agoYes. All the companies that are heavily pushing cloud based IoT stuff are doing it because they think they can make more money via lock in and spying on people than traditional home automation suppliers.