Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec...
by ethbro on Saturday January 18, 2020 @11:16AM
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These standards won't be adopted by the market for at least 10 years, because it's not in anyone's financial interest to do so.
The hub manufacturers all want to lock people into a proprietary garden, even if they're using open protocols, so they can sell accessories and "Certified for X" marks.
The only thing that would really push adoption would be a killer paid service that ran on top of one of the open platforms.
Expect after 10 years everyone will be fed up with sunsetting and interoperability issues that standards-compliance will be a product feature.
But then again it took 20 years + the EU to nudge the market towards USB connector chargers?
The hub manufacturers all want to lock people into a proprietary garden, even if they're using open protocols, so they can sell accessories and "Certified for X" marks.
The only thing that would really push adoption would be a killer paid service that ran on top of one of the open platforms.
Expect after 10 years everyone will be fed up with sunsetting and interoperability issues that standards-compliance will be a product feature.
But then again it took 20 years + the EU to nudge the market towards USB connector chargers?