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You're giving them the benefit of the doubt here. In my experience, not only are they greedy, but they're also inept and lazy.
by alamortsubite 2y ago
You're giving them the benefit of the doubt here. In my experience, not only are they greedy, but they're also inept and lazy.
- nomel 2y agoTo steel man a bit, they're also trying to make things as easy as possible for the generic public that they want to buy their device, who doesn't know what a hub is, and definitely doesn't want to learn, to turn on a lightbulb.
- jillyboel 2y agoSure, nothing is stopping them from offering both.
- nomel 2y agoThe fact that the engineering effort would be diverted to something that targets a small fraction of a percent of their customer base is a perfectly valid reason to not do it, especially when that engineering effort could be put towards making the product better for the other 99.x% of their customers.
- jillyboel 2y agoExcept it almost guarantees the product will become useless in a few years, which makes it worthless now.