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Appliance makers can't seem to resist trying to push you into an "ecosystem" that they own rather than allow you to use open standards, and its super frustratin
by kentm 4y ago
Appliance makers can't seem to resist trying to push you into an "ecosystem" that they own rather than allow you to use open standards, and its super frustrating. I suspect a lot of their internal dev teams think they're adding value and delivering customer-centric features, but they're actually pretty customer-hostile by trying to trap us.
Note to makers of "smart" appliances: if you want my business then support standard Zigbee or ZWave hubs.
- eternityforest 4y agoMost of these devices support Google Home, which isn't ideal, but it does allow cross manufacturer compatibility. There's probably just not much demand for open standards because Home is good enough, up until they take the cloud server down. Matter might improve things a bit.
- deafpolygon 4y ago> suspect a lot of their internal dev teams think they're adding value They know they're not. Developers aren't stupid.