> The reality is that vendors cannot and will not offer "in perpetuity" commitments to run the cloud portion of their gear. Right. That is precisely why nothin

> The reality is that vendors cannot and will not offer "in perpetuity" commitments to run the cloud portion of their gear. Right. That is precisely why nothing that is meant to last should have any kind of dependency on "cloud". It must run locally only, so there is nothing that can be deprecated or dropped. My mid 90s thermostat will continue to work independently of whether the original company that made it is out of business. Everything needs to be like that.