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I don't understand why hate like this gets so many upvotes. IoT devices are in their infancy, it's not fair to constantly berate their inadequacies instead of f
by soheil 6y ago
I don't understand why hate like this gets so many upvotes. IoT devices are in their infancy, it's not fair to constantly berate their inadequacies instead of focusing on the technological marvel that they are, what they can achieve and how they can be made more whole. The resistance to change on HN is real.
- simias 6y agoHome automation is really not particularly novel. Quoting Wikipedia: >In 1975, the first general purpose home automation network technology, X10, was developed. It is a communication protocol for electronic devices. It primarily uses electric power transmission wiring for signalling and control, where the signals involve brief radio frequency bursts of digital data, and remains the most widely available.[4] By 1978, X10 products included a 16 channel command console, a lamp module, and an appliance module. Soon after came the wall switch module and the first X10 timer. Of course electronics have progressed immensely in 45 years, so we can now do a lot more with a lot less. I still feel like very little has change in practice though. I find myself actively avoiding "smart" equipment, both because it's overpriced and a bit of a pain to use in my experience. They all have their own software stack, their own apps (which are often cloud-based instead of running locally, adding all sorts of privacy issues) etc... On top of that you never know when the company is going to go under or stop supporting your device, leaving you with a not-so-smart device in the best case, or a useless plastic brick in the worst.
- pjmlp 6y agoNot only IoT devices aren't on their infancy, the device makers keep using C to program them, and don't provide any kind of updates on top of that.
- f1refly 6y agoCan't wait for my javascript powered IoT kettle that has a cpu more powerful than my laptop and includes 4gb of ram to load half of npm into memory! The future looks ever so much brighter!