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No, you don't understand. Making it non-cloud-capable incurs a cost. And there is no they, the commenter is a single individual.

• robertlagrant 4y ago
  "As someone about to be in the market for something like this, propriety lockout is a complete deal breaker for me." - StrangeATractor "Would your company be willing to provide an open-source local-first websocket-based integration with https://www.home-assistant.io/ https://www.home-assistant.io/ or use the new Matter + Thread standard to provide it for everyone?" - daredoes "Most of your competition has no sensitivity, and almost no openness, about these aspects. I think this could become a really important part of your go-to market, but also a differentiator vs other products." - simonebrunozzi "I would like to be able to add it to HomeKit without it ever phoning home once. Matter + Thread help make that a possibility." - X-Istence They.
  • soheil 4y ago
    Yes this is HN what do you expect, of course everyone and their grandma here is gonna want a fully unlocked, open source and free as in freedom fries product.
    • robertlagrant 4y ago
      I expect to be able to refer to those people as "they".