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Interesting. I thought Apple really supports their ecosystem (hw + sw) for a long time. For example, they support old ipods even now. May be you are talking abo
by yalogin 12y ago
Interesting. I thought Apple really supports their ecosystem (hw + sw) for a long time. For example, they support old ipods even now. May be you are talking about it from an SDK perspective. Can you be a little specific about which functionality was dropped/abandoned?
I am not sure making it multiuser is really needed in the home automation case. If it all links back to the touchID on the phone it will meet all requirements of user separation.
- niels_olson 12y ago> Apple supports their ecosystem for a long time Do you think they'll support a thermostat for 30 years?
- coldtea 12y agoThose kind of thermostats are not for 30 years. To make it a viable market for large companies (as opposed to niche providers) you'd have to change it every 3-5 years. Heck, Nest shut its business in less than 5 years. So, it'd be you know, like a DSLR is not for life, whereas a film camera was. In exchange, you'd get innovation faster, and they'd have to keep you occupied with cool new stuff. Don't know how much you can add to a thermostat, but this kind of "market share" could lead to "the house of tomorrow" kind of future in 10-20 years (like mobile phones have completely changed personal communications in the past 20 years).
- makomk 12y agoThe version of iPod car integration that predated CarPlay was pretty comprehensively dropped after a few years, with no support from new iPods. It took several years for them to even announce a replacement that offered the same capabilities and it's not backwards compatible with older cars.