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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @04:45PM (#21829793)
So who says you should need their app? It should be a published protocol, and then you use whatever app you want that speaks the protocol instead of some heinous dreck from the manufacturer.
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by tjoff on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:13PM (#21830022)
The part where they can't resist?

So no, there will not be a published protocol.

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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @05:57PM (#21830348)
Isn't the topic of the article that they are trying to create a standard?
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Re:Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance to develop... by tjoff on Thursday December 19, 2019 @02:08AM (#21832684)
Isn't the topic about amazon, apple and google?

Probably most toxic companies on earth? Yeah, I'm sure it will be a wonder of openness.

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