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> It would be great if "smart" devices requiring access to Internet-based servers had a monthly subscription fee. Or just support a local API with a published
by gh02t 3y ago
> It would be great if "smart" devices requiring access to Internet-based servers had a monthly subscription fee.
Or just support a local API with a published spec. Matter is supposed to be that standard, but adoption is going slowly. Pretty sure zero people using the original reverse engineered cloud API for the Haier stuff in HA want to be using it in preference to a local API.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoI suspect manufacturers see this particular standard as unlocking a race to the bottom in hardware prices and so are unwilling to bite.
- int_19h 3y agoBut they are rolling out support. Philips is one prominent example.