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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by mrweasel on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:09AM (#37595948)
Maybe that's why the number of smart devices that work with Homekit is so limited?

I really don't understand many of the "smart" device manufacturers. They clearly aren't capable of running the services required to manage their devices, so why do they keep insisting on doing so? My parents have a smart radiator that couldn't be managed for over a month because a server in Norway was down. Why not just have it be manageable by Homekit and skip the infrastructure cost?

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by squigz on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:10AM (#37596452)
I really don't understand consumers who, despite companies clearly demonstrating this, will just buy the next IoT thing anyway.

Why don't companies offer better, longer-lasting products that can be community-driven after EOL? Because money.

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by ilyt on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:45PM (#37603154)
Money for one but there is little actual standarization that have enough clout for it to happen.

99% of IoT devices would be fine with just "here is MQTT address" and a way to push updates (preferably with gateway downloading updates and devices updating only from gateway)

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