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I would be fine with it if they offered to pay up. Say, popup a message in the next update of the Alexa app asking me: "do you want to allow our device to parti
by flavius29663 5y ago
I would be fine with it if they offered to pay up. Say, popup a message in the next update of the Alexa app asking me: "do you want to allow our device to participate in this mesh network? It will use a little bit of your internet but you'll get 1 dollar credit in Amazon purchases each month." Hell, even make it 2 dollars of digital content. At least give me the choice.
- lxgr 5y agoA nice middle ground would have been to make participation a condition for using your own client devices with the network, i.e. you can only register a Tile if you agree to participating in Sidewalk with your linked Amazon account. That would make adoption much harder, though – a lot more people have just an Echo device than an Echo device and a Tile.
- tolbish 5y agoIf this technology is going to exist, it needs competitors or things will get ugly quickly.
- lxgr 5y agoThere is competition: Helium seems to be doing a very similar thing (although "on the blockchain" and with its own cryptocurrency to go with it, which I have not looked at in detail and can't vouch for in any way). For a more limited use case (for now), Apple is a competitor too with their "find my..." network as well. I'm hoping for an open alternative to show up as well.
- CodeGlitch 5y agoWhat is Helium? Do you have a link please?
- lxgr 5y agoNot sure whether there are any rules on linking/promoting crypto projects here, and please don't consider this an endorsement in any way, but you'll be able to find it when searching for "helium hotspot".