100% agreement on that. The number of companies that can competently make good hardware and software is vanishingly small. But the problem is that most hardwar

100% agreement on that. The number of companies that can competently make good hardware and software is vanishingly small. But the problem is that most hardware makers either refuse to realize that they're bad at making software. I'm a "fan" of what Apple tried to do with HomeKit ecosystem, but vendors hate it because it removes some of their control, and also is a pain to get right, so the whole thing ends up looking terrible even though the ideas and implementation are solid.