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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by duckwheat on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:46PM (#15726924)
At $50 a bulb, it would cost me $1550 to do every permanent fixture in my 1600sqf house. $1100 if I skipped the bathrooms and closets. Another $250 for lamps. I think I was mistaken about the subscription fee, there wasn't one. Regardless, that is crazy expensive.
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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by _rpd on Friday November 17, 2017 @07:57PM (#15727179)
Their competitors don't appear to be much cheaper ($40 per bulb), and their pitch materials cite home lighting automation kits that start in the thousands (possibly wired?). They seemed to think that they had a significant price advantage.

Well, hopefully we'll get a more detailed post-mortem than "we ran out of capital."

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