> I think that for this segment to really take off Amazon/Google/Apple all need to start releasing usable stuff to the open source world. A good open source hom

> I think that for this segment to really take off Amazon/Google/Apple all need to start releasing usable stuff to the open source world. A good open source home server voice based back-end that can control open-source devices will start creating apps and drive exploration the space. That commoditizes the frontend, which is the part they would actually control. There's no lock-in if you can swap your Amazon Echos for Google Homes and everything still works. It would drive interest in the space, but probably not money into their pocket. I don't think there's any inherent advantage for Amazon/Google/Apple to make all the homes smart. It's only to their advantage if they're the ones selling the devices.