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> what problem does Amazon thinks this solves? Bad connectivity experiences for Ring users? I wrote my guess elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator
by philsnow 5y ago
> what problem does Amazon thinks this solves? Bad connectivity experiences for Ring users?
I wrote my guess elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27358758 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27358758
tl;dr Amazon will resell access to Sidewalk to device manufacturers, allowing them to cost-effectively bridge the "telemetry gap".
- wearywanderer 5y agoNo bones about it, this is Amazon's response to > If you don't want your smart tv to spy on you, then don't give it your wifi password.
- teknopaul 5y agoHow's does it stand legally stealing people's Internet connection and selling it to people who don't have the password.
- prepend 5y agoLegally, every Amazon device user agreed to a TOS that lets Amazon do whatever they want and change at any time. So we’re kind of lucky they at least announced it as they could have just turned it on and opted everyone in.
- Spivak 5y agoPoint this logic at the Tile network or Apple’s FindMy network. Does it still work?
- twoWhlsGud 5y ago"the street finds its own uses for things" (Gibson) is rapidly becoming "the wall street finds its own uses for things"
- stingrae 5y ago100% this. as a device maker, sidewalk is a potential game changer for low power connectivity and finally a path to lorawan finding wide spread adoption
- Taniwha 5y agoexcept that, unlike ble, lora lives on bands that are not the same world wide - there is no region 3 ISM band - here in NZ the US ISM band is right in the middle of one of my cell phone company's bands
- stingrae 5y agothis is true but in practice it's not a big deal. Companies don't usually do a single sku for the whole world especially with the certification requirements.
- Taniwha 5y agoI (pre-covid) visit the US a lot and often bring stuff back. I'm used to turning off/switching the US-DECT/etc when required but in this case Amazon has snuck extra functionality into my home without my knowledge. Of course when the radio inspector comes knocking on my door because Amazon has loaded the wrong firmware into my box (without my knowledge) it's me who's breaking the law, not Amazon
- stingrae 5y agothis is already the case. certifications for 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi have different requirements between the US and EU. Often in the EU companies have to lower the peak power.
- duped 5y agoI don't like the idea of my neighbors piggybacking off my data and power hookups. Why aren't device manufactures figuring out how to make things that don't require something like sidewalk to exist? It's not that difficult to run cable and use power over ethernet.