They market their bulbs as having a 15 year lifespan. It's not unreasonable for consumers to expect the hub to have at least the same lifespan. There's argument

They market their bulbs as having a 15 year lifespan. It's not unreasonable for consumers to expect the hub to have at least the same lifespan. There's arguments both for longer and shorter lifespan expectations on the hub depending on perspective (it's not a regular-replacement component / it has outside dependencies that can't be maintained without cost), but a reasonable middle ground of the life of the bulb is hard to argue against. Especially as the 'starter kit' is three bulbs and a bridge. I remain extremely glad that my IoS components at home are all based around my own central service offering. This is a massive amount of work despite me knowing what I'm doing, requires regular upkeep, and is absolutely not what is being sold to consumers when they pay a premium for products like Hue.