> I really wish that what we got instead of "Hey, your device can connect to smart-things.com and do stuff, ain't that need!" we had "Hey, this device speaks Pr

> I really wish that what we got instead of "Hey, your device can connect to smart-things.com and do stuff, ain't that need!" we had "Hey, this device speaks Protocol 1.2.3 over bluetooth which you can import to smart-things.com or other services". The problem is that end users suuuuuuuck. Oh, by the way iOS and Android do everything in the universe to make using Bluetooth absolutely miserable. Which Android or iOS version are you running? Which buggy Bluetooth stack did Samsung saddle you with? Oh, we retired that version of the app 18 months ago, please, for the love of God, update it. And, oh, you're using a shitty cracked Chinese version of the app <facepalm>. If I make the users connect to the "cloud", I can control the device, the backend talking to the device, and the front end talking to the user. I now know exactly what the versions are, and the Chinese can't pirate the app. The customer support is orders of magnitude easier. From the perspective of the device developer, the "cloud" is simply a no-brainer on every single front. You, as a local-only user, simply won't pay anywhere near enough money to make supporting you worthwhile.