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It's the developers I'm talking about, not the users. I've yet to see any breakout company that's using a proprietary IoT platform (but correct me if I'm wrong)
by amirmc 12y ago
It's the developers I'm talking about, not the users. I've yet to see any breakout company that's using a proprietary IoT platform (but correct me if I'm wrong). There's an inherent risk associated with trying to build a big company that way.
Yes, the developer could still sell everything to a third party but that's not really what I'm trying to tackle. It's the problem of building and connecting such applications/services in the first place. You shouldn't need a 'platform' to do that.
- digitalengineer 12y agoI agree, you shouldn't. However, I think dev's will flock to the first commercial API that allows them to concentrate on the specific problem they're trying to tackle. They'll worry about the 'walled garden' if it ever get's so far that it would become a problem. It could even go the Twitter-way. Open for all and pinching down on devs when they've grown (too?) succesfull.
- timthorn 12y agoAlertMe has done pretty well for themselves, although they do now recognise the need for an open platform.