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Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by kentm on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:25PM (#34510657)
Appliance makers can't seem to resist trying to push you into an "ecosystem" that they own rather than allow you to use open standards, and its super frustrating. I suspect a lot of their internal dev teams think they're adding value and delivering customer-centric features, but they're actually pretty customer-hostile by trying to trap us.

Note to makers of "smart" appliances: if you want my business then support standard Zigbee or ZWave hubs.

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Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by eternityforest on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @09:28PM (#34513634)
Most of these devices support Google Home, which isn't ideal, but it does allow cross manufacturer compatibility. There's probably just not much demand for open standards because Home is good enough, up until they take the cloud server down.

Matter might improve things a bit.

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Re:Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect ... by deafpolygon on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:47PM (#34514527)
> suspect a lot of their internal dev teams think they're adding value

They know they're not. Developers aren't stupid.

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