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Vendor lock in. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45658056 edit: Feel free to down but the evidence is in the

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• RealStickman_ 11mo ago
  Please enlighten me how the ip-network-using mattress in any way relates to a Matter and Thread network
  • WaitWaitWha 11mo ago
    >I can only speak to my experience, certified devices by the largest firms will mostly not interoperate (fails around authN). >Apple: Keeps Thread credentials locked to HomeKit's border routers. >Google: Shares some credentials, but only within Google Account environment. >Amazon: TBD, but their Matter implementation is mostly cloud-tied. >Samsung: Hybrid approach; still best when used inside SmartThings, their 1.4 update seems to support for joining existing Thread networks. Still have to test it. >So, even though Thread theoretically allows full interoperability, no vendor wants to be reduced to a dumb router in someone else’s ecosystem. >there is no easy way to bridge Apple Thread to Home Assistant or Google Thread, even though it is theoretically supposed to be possible from a protocol standpoint. >If you have such solutions, let me know, because I would take full advantage of it, and will regale your contributions in multiple home automation threads.