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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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